To understand others is to recognize that they are engaged i... - Edward Said

"To understand others is to recognize that they are engaged in the same struggle we are."

Edward Said Kindness

Literary Critic, Theorist Palestinian-American 1935–2003

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"The intellectual is always, or should be, an outsider"

"Orientalism is a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient"

"To be human is to be in a situation of conflict and challenge"

"Secular humanism is not a negation of religion; it is a form of religion"

"A good man treats his wife with respect."

"Kindness always comes back around."

"The power of a smile can change everything."

"Kindness is weakness to some. Not to me."