“Any community seriously concerned with its own freedom has to be concerned about other peoples’ freedom as well.”
"Love is contraband in Hell, cause love is an acid that eats away bars."
- Assata Shakur
Love
"I’m not quite sure what freedom is, but I know damn well what it ain’t. How have we gotten so silly, I wonder."
- Assata Shakur
Awareness
"I believe in living. I believe in birth. I believe in the sweat of love and in the fire of truth. And I believe that a lost ship, steered by tired, seasick sailors, can still be guided him to port."
- Assata Shakur
Hope
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
- Assata Shakur
Adversity
"Revolution is about change, and the first place the change begins is in yourself."
- Assata Shakur
Change
"Beauty is a gentle and loving heart."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"There is no greater beauty than kindness and compassion."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"Selflessness is the most beautiful trait one can possess."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"A kind heart can bring light to the darkest of places."
- Beauty and the Beast
Compassion
"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."
- Flora Edwards
Compassion