Derek

“For every individual is a unique
manifestation of the Whole, as every branch is a particular outreaching
of the tree. To manifest individuality, every branch must have a
sensitive connection with the tree, just as our independently moving and
differentiated fingers must have a sensitive connection with the whole
body. The point, which can hardly be repeated too often, is that
differentiation is not separation.”
― Alan Wilson Watts, The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
― James Baldwin

“The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.”
― Sitting Bull