"Today I see more clearly than yesterday that the back of the problem of race and color lies a greater problem which both obscures and implements it: and that is the fact that so many civilized persons are willing to live in comfort even if the price of this is poverty, ignorance, and disease of the majority of their fellow men."

--

Source : Preface to reprint of The Souls of Black Folk (1969).

W. E. B. Du Bois

#Lying Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes

“Sometimes you have to forget what's gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next.”
“Alexey Brodovitch used to say, "Astonish me." We as the team at Bazaar hear that everyday because we want to surprise people.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services libraries for having on hand a good supply of those pocket books, which were so common in that period. I must have read a couple hundred of them, and they did a lot to save my sanity.”
“The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.”

Source : John Kendrick Bangs (1920). “The Cheery Way: A Bit of Verse for Every Day”
“I feel lucky that I didn't have to give up music in exchange for getting clean. I wouldn't recommend that anyone else continue to DJ while they're getting clean.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My father never missed a drink in his life. Or a joint. Or a party. Or a chance to get laid. He also never missed a day of work, or a house payment, or a car payment. I never went hungry, although he did a couple of times so I wouldn't.”
“Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.”
“I was like a cat always climbing the wrong tree.”

You may also like:

Booker T. Washington
Educator
Frederick Douglass
Orator
Ida B. Wells
Journalist
James Weldon Johnson
Author
Jane Addams
Sociologist
Langston Hughes
Poet
Malcolm X
Human rights activist
Marcus Garvey
Publisher
Zora Neale Hurston
Anthropologist