Howard Thurman
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Howard Thurman was an American theologian, philosopher, educator, and writer who died on April 10, 1981, in San Francisco.
Born in either Daytona Beach or West Palm Beach — sources differ slightly — around 1900, Thurman pursued his education at Morehouse College and later at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. Those institutions shaped his formation as both a religious thinker and an educator, roles he carried throughout his career.
He worked in the English language and held United States citizenship. The Library of Congress identifies him under the name "Thurman, Howard, 1900–1981," a dating that aligns with Open Library's records placing his birth in 1900 and his death in 1981. He died in San Francisco.
Quotes by Howard Thurman
Listen to the long stillness: / New life is stirring / New dreams are on the wing / New hopes are being readied: / Humankind is fashioning a new heart / God is at work. / This is the season of Promise.
Because life is dynamic and we are deeply alive, the end of the year can only mean the end of the year, not the end of life, not the end of us, not even the end of time. We turn our faces toward the year being born with a riding hope that will carry us into the days ahead with courage and with confidence. The old year dies; the new year is being born — Long live Life!
Twilight--a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not.
Whatever may be the tensions and the stresses of a particular day, there is always lurking close at hand the trailing beauty of forgotten joy or unremembered peace.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.
Community cannot long feed on itself, it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond: their unknown and undiscovered sisters and brothers.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
It is only when people live in an environment in which they are not required to exert supreme effort into just keeping alive that they seem to be able to select ends besides those of mere physical survival.