“There were long stretches where each of us was engaged in a private world of rapidly shifting vignettes. Always I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of human beings ebbing and flowing like the tides of the sea.” WorldHumansLongHuman BeingsNumbersSeaEngagedTidesSheerOverwhelmedShiftingVignettes Book:With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman Source: With Head and Heart: The Autobiography of Howard Thurman
“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.” IfsMenMindHeartChildrenLongSeemsAgeWaitingBornPerfectBloodMankindColdEdgesBonesCellsEach DayCompanionOld ManRefugeeDeliveranceDelayedPerfect Love Book:Howard Thurman: Essential Writings Source: Howard Thurman: Essential Writings
“Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.” LongCommunityBrotherCommunity BuildingBuilding Community Author:Howard Thurman
“I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear is ever present, Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days, Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens. Candles of love to inspire all my living, Candles that will burn all the year long.” YearsLongLightJoyWatchesGraceSadnessInspireDespairBurdenHeavyDespiteEaseCandleTempestHeavy Burdens Author:Howard Thurman
“Listen to the long stillness: New life is stirring New dreams are on the wing New hopes are being readied: Humankind is fashioning a new heart Humankind is forging a new mind God is at work. This is the season of Promise” MindHeartLongDreamLife IsPromiseSeasonsWingsStillnessHumankindNew LifeStirringForgingNew Hope Book:The Mood of Christmas Source: The Mood of Christmas
