If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit.
I am nobody but myself. - Ralph Ellison
I am nobody but myself.
- Ralph Ellison
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I … - Ralph Ellison
I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I …
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow. - Ralph Ellison
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. - Ralph Ellison
Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
Education is all a matter of building bridges. - Ralph Ellison
Education is all a matter of building bridges.
When I discover who I am, I'll be free. - Ralph Ellison
When I discover who I am, I'll be free.
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de… - Ralph Ellison
If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my de…
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. - Ralph Ellison
I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it. - Ralph Ellison
The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.
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