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C. L. R. James Quotes: "Absence, the highest form of presence."

Absence, the highest form of presence.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing."

Beliefs are dangerous. Beliefs allow the mind to stop functioning. A non-functioning mind is clinically dead. Believe in nothing.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built."

Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation."

Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security."

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Snooker is just chess with balls."

Snooker is just chess with balls.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends."

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm."

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do."

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present."

There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.




C. L. R. James Quotes: "My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience."

My desire is to set up a situation to which I take you and let you see. It becomes your experience.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking."

With no object no image and no focus, what are you looking at? You are looking at you looking.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart."

Quick as a hummingbird...she darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly dipping into the flowers of my heart.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one's watching. Love as if it's all you know. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one's watching. Love as if it's all you know. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here."

It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?"

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world?



C. L. R. James Quotes: "If you can change your mind, you can change your life."

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!"

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town."

Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had never entered my mind that I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "In Science, it is when we take some interest in the great discoverers and their lives that it becomes endurable, and only when we begin to trace the development of ideas that it becomes fascinating."

In Science, it is when we take some interest in the great discoverers and their lives that it becomes endurable, and only when we begin to trace the development of ideas that it becomes fascinating.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it."

Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Don't go to men who are willing to kill themselves driving in circles looking for normality."

Don't go to men who are willing to kill themselves driving in circles looking for normality.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children."

There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution."

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral."

A circle is the reflection of eternity. It has no beginning and it has no end - and if you put several circles over each other, then you get a spiral.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun."

You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you."

Space has a way of looking. It seems like it has a presence of vision. When you come into it, it is there, it’s been waiting for you.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I think one day youll find that you're the hero you've been looking for."

I think one day youll find that you're the hero you've been looking for.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities."

If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery."

I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God."

I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion."

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality. Embrace this moment, remember: we are eternal all this pain is an illusion.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too."

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open."

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind."

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty."

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it."

Remember, the greater the opportunity, the fewer are those who see it.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust."

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring."

The supreme question about a work of art is out of how deep a life does it spring.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "I was born to catch dragons in their dens And pick flowers To tell tales and laugh away the morning To drift and dream like a lazy stream And walk barefoot across sunshine days."

I was born to catch dragons in their dens And pick flowers To tell tales and laugh away the morning To drift and dream like a lazy stream And walk barefoot across sunshine days.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color."

The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black."

The Marines don't have any race problems. They treat everybody like they're black.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon boundary and acquisition of California."

There are four great measures for my administration - a reduction of tariff, an independent treasury, settlement of the Oregon boundary and acquisition of California.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue."

One time we saw some hookers but when we got closer we realized it was Motley Crue.



C. L. R. James Quotes: "Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without."

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.