Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through on your promises.
The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair. - Derrick Bell
The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.
- Derrick Bell
Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means … - Derrick Bell
Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means …
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few levels above… - Derrick Bell
Black people are the magical faces at the bottom of society's well. Even the poorest whites, those who must live their lives only a few levels above…
Courage is a finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face. - Derrick Bell
Courage is a finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face.
Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor. - Derrick Bell
Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained. - Derrick Bell
We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.
Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and … - Derrick Bell
Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and …
Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform. - Derrick Bell
Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.
I live to harass white folks. - Derrick Bell
I live to harass white folks.
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