Kabbalah is all about change. It isn’t about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
Personal responsibility is not only recognizing the errors of our ways. Personal responsibility lies in our willingness and ability to correct those errors individually and collectively. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
It’s our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
My poems are political in the deeper sense of the word. Political means to live in your time, to be a man of your time. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
I think the end is endless. It’s either a big black hole or a big white light or both together. But it’s totally meaningless, because even if someone would explain it, I wouldn’t understand it. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It’s about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role. Yara Shahidi Read Quote
If I said it once, I’ll say it again: ‘We have the power to change everything.’ Yara Shahidi Read Quote