Inspiring Wisdom – The Timeless Quotes of W.E.B. Du Bois part 1
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
Believe in life! Always human beings will make the mistake of believing that there is no end to history.
There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again towards the darkness.
The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.
I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas.
Either America will kill ignorance, or ignorance will kill the country.
Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
Inspiring Wisdom – The Timeless Quotes of W.E.B. Du Bois part 2
One ever feels his two-ness, an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings.
The true marriage of the color line is in the heart, not in the skin.
There is but one choice, one challenge: to be free.
To be a Negro in America is to be in a world without human hope.
We must believe in our own power to change.
A man can be a hero without being a martyr.
I have no faith in the future of any nation which does not accept its children.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Let us not forget that in the end, we are all human.
Color is a matter of pride, not a matter of prejudice.
Inspiring Wisdom – The Timeless Quotes of W.E.B. Du Bois part 3
The struggle for education is the struggle for the soul of the race.
While the world is full of color, the real art is in the shades of gray.
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else.
Every man who has a right to speak must be heard.
We have come to see that our own identity is intertwined with the identities of others.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
True knowledge exists only in knowing that you know nothing.
A race is like a person; it consists of a fusion of many souls.
Life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself.
The greatest challenge is not to transform society but to transform oneself.
Inspiring Wisdom – The Timeless Quotes of W.E.B. Du Bois part 4
Art is the gateway to the soul’s freedom.
Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success.
Freedom is not the absence of obligation, but the presence of choice.
The road to freedom is a long one, winding through the valleys of oppression.
What we need to do is find a way to unite, not divide.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
In diversity, there is beauty and strength.
Silence is not always golden; sometimes it’s a form of oppression.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
The vision of the future is just a reflection of the past.
Inspiring Wisdom – The Timeless Quotes of W.E.B. Du Bois part 5
The soul of the great world is not the color of its skin but the depth of its wisdom.
Faith is the bridge between where I am and where I want to be.
Success is not about what you have but what you give.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
The legacy of the past shapes the potential of the future.
