“We are all one — and if we don’t know it, we will learn it the hard way.”
"My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me."
- Bayard Rustin
Belief
"When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him."
- Bayard Rustin
Courage
"The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader."
- Bayard Rustin
Adversity
"We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers."
- Bayard Rustin
Taking Risks
"To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true."
- Bayard Rustin
Facing Fears
"Fishing is a discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish."
- Herbert Hoover
Equilibrium
"Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
- Lao Tzu
Equilibrium
"The ground is level at the foot of the cross."
- Billy Graham
Equilibrium
"Race, gender, religion, sexuality, we are all people and that’s it. We’re all people. We’re all equal."
- Connor Franta
Equilibrium
"Every single American — gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender — every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition."
- Barack Obama
Equilibrium