For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into the masses. And where is the David who can slay this giant?
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts… - Lillian Smith
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts…
- Lillian Smith
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. - Lillian Smith
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality. - Lillian Smith
The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality.
Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have the rich seed-beds … - Lillian Smith
Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have the rich seed-beds …
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become… - Lillian Smith
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become…
None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength. - Lillian Smith
None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength.
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. - Lillian Smith
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
The question in crisis or ordeal is not: Are you going to be an extremist? The question is: What kind of extremist are you going to be? - Lillian Smith
The question in crisis or ordeal is not: Are you going to be an extremist? The question is: What kind of extremist are you going to be?
I broke every barrier I could to see things as they are. - Lillian Smith
I broke every barrier I could to see things as they are.
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