Quote by Bayard Rustin
To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. - Bayard

To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true. – Bayard Rustin

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When an individual is protesting societys refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. – Bayard Rustin

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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. – William James

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Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. – Graham Greene

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It shows the truth – that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it. – Sarah Silverman

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A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse below and dreams of home. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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