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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted. Charles Caleb Colton
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away. Charles Caleb Colton
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
native-american people earth
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Chief Seattle
native-american heart earth
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us. Chief Seattle
native-american web-of-life earth-day
All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle
native-american air water
We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? Chief Seattle
native-american might waste
The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might suffocate in your own waste. Chief Seattle
native-american people world
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only change of worlds. Chief Seattle
native-american men air
All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle
native-american law great-american
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. Chief Joseph
native-american men white-man
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. Chief Joseph
black-history elements language
… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element… Derek Walcott
black-history black depends
I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself. Ethel Waters
black-history glory achieve
The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed. Jesse Jackson
black-history black
I do consider myself part of black history. Mary J. Blige
black-history patriotism tears
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain't going to be turned around. Ralph Abernathy
black-history black want
We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much. Sojourner Truth
black-history black-racism want
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. Morgan Freeman
black-history black needs
All business is personal...Make your friends before you need them. Robert Johnson
black-history complaining complaints
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints. Rita Dove