Men Cannot Be Free In A Nation

It Is Better To Learn Early Of The Inevitable Depths, For Then Sorrow And Death Can Take Their Proper Place In Life, And One Is Not Afraid.

The Typhoon Came Out Of The Sea First As A Deep Hollow Roar. ... I Was Surrounded By The Madness, The Unreason, Of Uncontrolled, Undisciplined Energy. None Of This Made Any Sense. It Was Worse Than Useless - It Was Nature Destroying Its Own Creation - Its Own Self. To Create By The Long Process Of Growth And Then To Destroy By A Fit Of Wild Emotion - Was This Not Madness, Was This Not Unreason?

The Boundary Between Civilization And Barbarism Is Difficult To Draw: Put One Ring In Your Nose And You Are A Savage, Put Two Rings In Your Ears And You Are Civilized.

A Favorite Means Of Escaping The Solution To Any Problem Is To Declare It Too Complex For Solution. This Absolves Us From Attempting Solution. ... Any Problem Is Too Complex To Solve When We Do Not Wish To Accept The Conditions Of Solution. Solution Is Possible Where Acceptance Is Ready.

It Is Not Healthy When A Nation Lives Within A Nation, As Colored Americans Are Living Inside America. A Nation Cannot Live Confident Of Its Tomorrow If Its Refugees Are Among Its Own Citizens.