29 Quotes by Julius Lester

I had not given a thought to what a difference it can make when you treat another person with simple respect and dignity, the same respect and dignity you want for yourself. That is so simple, yet so few seem able to do it.

Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.

Its hardness and solidity had been an odd kind of comfort. Do not wish for anything. Be and endure. The Old African had learned that enduring was power too, and just as he had been drawn to the boulder, so the slaves, after a while, were drawn to him.

... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.

He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

The young accept the extraordinary as normal because they do not compare their lives with those of others when everyone is like them.

How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?

There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.