It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected people within its confusion.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and...

It is one of the blessings of this world that few people see visions and...

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have...

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...