W. E. B. Du Bois on belief
W. E. B. Du Bois94 quotes“Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future world will, in all reasonable probability, be what colored men make it.”
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Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question: unasked by some through feelings of delicacy; by others through the difficulty of rightly framing it. All, nevertheless, flutter round it. How does it feel to be a problem?
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Men must not only know, they must act.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerging is a world that tries to worship both virgins and mothers and in the end despises motherhood and despoils virgins.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois No universal selfishness can bring social good to all.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois I insist that the object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin–the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Ignorance is a cure for nothing.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois The kind of sermon which is preached in most colored churches is not today attractive to even fairly intelligent men.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, – all men know something of poverty. Not that men are wicked, – who is good? Not that men are ignorant, – what is truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois The cause of war is preparation for war.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois
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It is time we recognized that belief is not a private matter; it has never been merely private. In fact, beliefs are scarcely more private than actions are, for every belief is a fount of action in potential.
Sam HarrisSam Harris Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.
Sam HarrisSam Harris You can’t just say that you’re committed to creating the best year of your life and expect it to stick. You have to make a conscious effort to allow this commitment to become part of your internal belief system.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
Pat SummittPat Summitt All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Combine practice with belief.
Pat SummittPat Summitt While unbelief sees the difficulties, faith sees God between itself and them.
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