Listen to the long stillness: Howard Thurman More Quotes by Howard Thurman More Quotes From Howard Thurman During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. Howard Thurman hatredwarpeace There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful. Howard Thurman singingangelbeautiful If 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 epithetmenorder Growth always involves the risk of failure. Howard Thurman riskgrowth 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 Thurman overcomingmeanreality A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope. Howard Thurman new-horizonshopedream Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies. Howard Thurman yieldmeancommitment The radical tension between good and evil, as man sees it and feels it, does not have the last word about the meaning of life and the nature of existence. There is a spirit in man and in Howard Thurman evilmenworld Where refugees seek deliverance that never comesAnd the heart consumes itself as if it would live,Where children age before their timeAnd life wears down the edges of the mind,Where the old man sits with mind grown cold,While bones and sinew, blood and cell, go slowly down to death,Where fear companions each day's life,And Perfect Love seems long delayed.CHRISTMAS IS WAITING TO BE BORN:In you, in me, in all mankind. Howard Thurman heartmenchildren He who fears is literally delivered to destruction. Howard Thurman destruction There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. Howard Thurman finding-your-pathwaitingsound The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a naked memory, an etched countenance, a whisper in the dark, a golden glow these and much more are the woven fabric of the time I have lived. Howard Thurman darkmemoriesyears Fate is the raw materials of experience. They come uninvited and often unanticipated. Destiny is what a man does with these raw materials. Howard Thurman fatedestinymen To love is to make of one's heart a swinging door. Howard Thurman heartlove-islove A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments. Howard Thurman disciplineidolscommitment At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live. Howard Thurman purposefulnessdeterminationlife What the world need is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman alivepeopleneeds What I have written is but a fleeting intimation of the outside of what one man sees and may tell about the path he walks. No one shares the secret of a life; no one enters into the heart of the mystery. Howard Thurman secretheartmen keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve. Howard Thurman resolvemoments The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place. Howard Thurman usemenorder
