The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

Quote by Ralph Ellison

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Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and...

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of...

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

Education is all a matter of building bridges.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also...

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.

Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church...

Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come...

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come...

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play...

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play...

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones...

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

Had the price of looking been blindness, I would have looked.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed...

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed...

Education is all a matter of building bridges

Education is all a matter of building bridges

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

In all education the main cause of failure is staleness

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...