If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can …

Howard Thurman
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If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection. ✨ Howard Thurman (2014). A Strange Freedom: The Best of Howard Thurman on Religious Experience and Public Life, p.143, Beacon Press
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During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. ✨ Howard Thurman (2012). Jesus and the Disinherited, p.74, Beacon Press
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keep fresh before me the moments of my high resolve. ✨ Howard Thurman (2014). Meditations of the Heart, p.210, Beacon Press
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