Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not. ”

The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house. ”

One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition. ”

I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life. ”

My belief is in the chaos of the world and that you have to find your peace within the chaos and that you still have to find some sort of mission. ”

You may not be able to change the course of government, but you can achieve some peace. And books were the path to that. I grew up in a house where books were everywhere. ”

Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much about dying, either. It's just a fact of being human. ”

The two endorsements I'm most proud of come from Isabel Wilkerson and Toni Morrison. The latter is the greatest American fiction writer of our time, and the former is on her way to being the greatest American nonfiction writer of our time. ”

Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold. ”

I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. Either that, or jobs that keep a roof over my head. A mixture of both is always nice. ”