Michael > Michael's Quotes

“God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.”
― Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love.”
― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“When someone you love makes compassion, kindness, forgiveness, respect and God an option, you can be sure they have made you an option, as well.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Actually, 'worthless piece of shit' if you think about it, suggests the possibility of the opposite.”
― Jeffrey Sweet, Bluff

“When a racial group’s collective prejudice is backed by the power of legal authority and institutional control, it is transformed into racism, a far-reaching system that functions independently from the intentions or self-images of individual actors.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

“In the twenty-first century fiction might thereby become the most potent force on earth, surpassing even wayward asteroids and natural selection. Hence if we want to understand our future, cracking genomes and crunching numbers is hardly enough. We must also decipher the fictions that give meaning to the world.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

“If you don’t want a secret, don’t accept it.”
― Percival Everett, Erasure

“A 2013 survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that Black fathers are more likely than their white and Hispanic counterparts to eat with, feed, diaper, bathe, play with, dress, and read to their children daily.”
― Lee Hawkins, I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free – A Gripping Pulitzer Prize Finalist Memoir of Racial Trauma and Healing