Often, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.
Howard ThurmanIn the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.
Howard ThurmanIf a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.
Howard Thurman