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“I am receptive to the inflow and outpouring of the universe.”

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Eric Butterworth was a prominent author whose works spanned the fields of spirituality, personal growth, and leadership. His writing style has been widely appreciated, and he is considered one of the pioneers of the modern spiritual movement. more

“No one color can describe the various and varied complexions in our group. They range from the deep black to the fairest white with all the colors of the rainbow thrown in for good measure. When twenty or thirty of us meet, it is as hard to find three or four with the same complexion as it would be catch greased lightning in a bottle.”

Hard Would Be Three Black White Four Groups Color Twenties Various Range Thirty Thrown Bottles Lightning Rainbow Complexion Colors Of The Rainbow

Author:Mary Church Terrell

“It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.”

Firsts Made Race Land Son Mets Shining Gentle One Time Ireland Armour

Book:Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland

Source: Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland

“A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.”

Men Wells Two Country Sex Black White Race Groups Overcoming Heavy Black Women Handicaps

Author:Mary Church Terrell

“Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called 'propaganda,' or is labeled 'controversial.' Those two words have come to have a very ominous sound to me.”

Knows Want May Two Matter Sound Black Opinion Groups Dare Propaganda Black Women Controversial Ominous

Book:A Colored Woman in a White World

Source: A Colored Woman in a White World

“It is only through the home that a people can become really good and truly great.”

People Home

Author:Mary Church Terrell

“... some people cannot bear the truth, no matter how tactfully it is told. No doubt the haughty, the tyrannical, the unmerciful, the impure and the fomentors of discord take a fierce exception to the Sermon on the Mount.”

People Matter Doubt Bears No Doubt Exception Fierce Sermons Discord Haughty Sermon On The Mount

Book:A Colored Woman in a White World

Source: A Colored Woman in a White World

“Stop using the word 'Negro.' The word is a misnomer from every point of view. It does not represent a country or anything else ... I am an African-American.”

Doe Country Views Point Of View African American

Author:Mary Church Terrell

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