“My father cared about the world he lived in, and so he admitted his confusion about his place in America because he didn't want me to make the same mistake in my life.” WorldWantAmericaFatherMistakeConfusionWant MeSame Mistakes Book:What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace Source: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
“I think that people don't know how to do anything anymore. My father was a janitor. He could take a car apart and put it back together. He could build a house in the back yard. Today, if you ask people what they know, they say, 'I know how to hire someone.'” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTodayTogetherAsksFatherHouseKnow HowCarYardsBack TogetherJanitor Author:Walter Mosley
“A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once. "A businessman has business books and a dream has novels and books of poetry. Most women like reading about love, and a true revolutionary will have books about the minutiae of overthrowing the oppressor. A person with no books is inconsequential in a modern setting, but a peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.” KnowsMenNeedsPersonsBookDreamReadingFatherWaitingNovelModernSettingSettingsRevolutionaryBusinessmanPeasantsOppressorsInconsequentialMinutiaeBookcases Author:Walter Mosley
“I would have been completely brainwashed by this lopsided and racist view of the world if it weren't for my father. He was a deep thinker and an irrepressible problem solver. He was a Black Socrates, asking why and then spoiling ready-made replies.” IfsWorldHas BeensMadeProblemFatherBlackViewsReadyAskingRacistThinkerBrainwashedAsking WhyProblem SolversIrrepressibleDeep Thinker Book:What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace Source: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
“My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo.” MenHumansArtStoriesFatherBlackHuman BeingsCommonResponsibilityTaughtMoralityLessonsBirdMeant To BeInsectsBe A ManTelling StoriesLove And ResponsibilityGumbo Book:What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace Source: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace
