Always tell the truth and be true. Emily Saliers More Quotes by Emily Saliers More Quotes From Emily Saliers Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power structures and systemic oppression out there. Emily Saliers fighting artist responsibility I don't think any human being is truly free. We're so tethered to our own insecurities and hampered by our fears and our prejudices. I think it's human nature that we're never going to be free. Emily Saliers insecurity prejudice thinking The truth that people are missing about certain things, you know when they get fearful and they get hateful, and they repress other peoples, is the greatest truth of all, you know, the truth of love and understanding and clarity about all those issues. And it's like, one day, one day, everybody's gonna know, myself included, over certain things. But, so it's like, it's alright, you know, you hate me now, but that's cool, because I see a better day and I know that there's a higher truth, and you're wrong about hating me because I'm gay. Emily Saliers issues gay hate Music makes me alive in a way that nothing quite does. Good art, good film, good books, good dance. Exhibitions, history. Nature makes me feel alive. Georgia in the rain - that makes me feel alive. Compassion makes me feel alive. Hard fought victories for social rights. Emily Saliers rain book art And there's always retrospect to light a clearer path. Emily Saliers retrospect light path The prize is always worth the rocky ride. Emily Saliers prize No way construction of this tricky plan was built by other than a greater hand. Emily Saliers construction hands way Love is selflessness and self-fullness; it can only be known deeply with an open, vulnerable heart. Emily Saliers self heart love-is Begin my studies with the paper and this pencil and i'm working through the grammar of my fears. Emily Saliers grammar study paper Discrimination is a bad bad bad thing. Emily Saliers discrimination bad-things ...science and violence turned silence to rage. Emily Saliers rage violence silence Whenever I think about all the things I appreciate in life, I also think about my privileges, as well. Try to keep that all in balance. Gratitude for what I have, trying to be part of movements that make it easy for people who have it harder than they ever should have it. Emily Saliers gratitude should-have thinking You will taste a way of life profoundly nourishing and from your tongue may spring a song or poem or sentence or word or maybe nothing but silence. Silence only the heart can turn to song. Emily Saliers heart spring song The sweetest part is acting after making a decision. Emily Saliers sweetest acting decision So we must love, while these moments are still called today, take part in the pain of this passion play, stretching our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust, until time makes history of us. Emily Saliers passion pain dust I see people whose spirits are not broken, who continue to work for justice. That makes me feel alive, when I witness their work, and then I witness some of their dreams come to fruition. Emily Saliers broken dream people You have to laugh at yourself, because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. Emily Saliers cry eye laughing You set up your place in my thoughts, moved in and made my thinking crowded. Emily Saliers my-thoughts made thinking I pray as part of my mindfulness practice and try to recount my day, all my triumphs and foibles, before I go to sleep at night. These practices keep me calm for the most part. Emily Saliers practice sleep night It's in our blind trust that love will find us, just like it has before. Emily Saliers catholic inspiration faith
