Needs and wants wants and cares care to need that which you want and you have lost, rather want what you need and need to care. - SenorEquanimity He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long, as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage. - George Orwell The feeling, it's above the ceiling, below the ground It's in the air, we hear it in sound It's the feeling we chase, the one we cannot catch Like a man after money, and the dogs that fetch The feeling, it's reeling like a fisherman's pole The feeling, it's stealing the actor's role The feeling, it's healing, get it into your soul Never give up, never give in, never lose hope and they'll never win. - Professor Hornsby When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. - Kahlil Gibran try to teach and try to listen hearts you'll reach and that's the mission heal a wound or cause abrasions train is stopped, is this your station? hold out a hand or hold a fist be forgotten or be missed tolerance is misconstrued when acceptance should be imbued in lieu of current propaganda and a vote for belligerance people's rights are feeling slandered we've lost some innocence so in a sense we'll owe our pennance and we'll give them what we're due they'll kick out every tenant hatred is nothing new so here we go again it's a different spin on the same old tale does someone have to win? 'cause when they do someone will fail - Timothy V. Marking Shake hands to the life, instead of fighting to the death. - Armando Telemundo Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi It is amazing what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit. - Harry S. Truman On her small canvas, she recreated a section of the Crazy Mountains, the range near Livingston that they had admired earlier that day; that is to say, she recreated the mountains not as she had originally seen them but as she eventually chose to see them, for a person has not only perceptions but a will to perceive, not only a capacity to observe the world but a capacity to alter his or her observation of it - which, in the end, is the capacity to alter the world, itself. Those people who recognize that imagination is reality's master, we call "sages'" and those who act upon it, we call "artists." - Tom Robbins Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop. So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is going, ask yourself, "Where am I going? How am I doing?" Until you get a clear idea: If Hip-Hop is about the people, Hip-Hop won't get better until the people get better. Then how do people get better? Well, from my understanding people get better when they start to understand that they are valuable. You've got a lot of societies and governments trying to be God, wishing that they were God. They want to create satellites and cameras everywhere and make you think they got the all-seeing eye. I guess The last poets weren't too far off when they said that certain people have got a "God Complex." I believe it's true. I don't get phased out by none of that, none of those helicopters, the TV screens, the newscasters, the satellite dishes, they just wishin'... They can't really never do that. - Mos Def The revolution will not be televised The revolution will spread through the airwaves If the revolution was to be televised It would surely send us to our graves Television is synonymous with reality Reality is a term that is no longer real If the revolution is to be genuine Then reality and fiction cannot congeal The population needs to be galvanized Awaken dignity and understanding from disgrace If the people would simply be galvanized Humankind would be united under one race All the colors and cultures could combine Without malice, judgement, or iniquity Instead we scapegoat, point, and blame others While falling into moral complacency IF THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE US THEY ARE THE PROBLEM IF THEY ARE NOT LIKE US IT MUST BE THEIR FAULT IF THEY DON'T THINK LIKE US WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? THEIR WAY OF LIFE IS TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT The revolution does not want you homogenized The revolution celebrates your separate qualities The revolution smiles on individuals It does not celebrate or call for inequalities The revolution does not care who you marry It does not worry about the God that you pray to It does not force its will on anyone The revolution only wants you to be you The revolution will not be televised The revolution is made up of you and I Treating others as you would have them treat you Supports limits that go far beyond the sky - SenorEquanimity You are, therefore I am. - Satish Kumar ripple in still waters when there is no pebble tossed no wind to blow reach out your hand if your cup is empty if your cup is full maybe again let it be known there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of man there is a road a simple highway between the dawn and the dark of night and if you go noone may follow that path is for your steps alone ripple in still waters when there is no pebble tossed no wind to blow - robert hunter Pebbles and marbles, like things on my mind seem to get lost and harder to find When I am alone, I am inclined if I find a pebble in the sand To think that it fell from my hand Pebbles and marbles, like words from a friend make us hold tight but are lost in the end When we're alone we all seem to tend if we find a marble in dust to wish someone left it for us - Trey Anastasio