“You may well ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to set down what they have witnessed for the benefit of unknown heirs or of generations infinitely remote; or, if you please, just to get the sight out of their heads.” PeopleIfsWritingHumansWellsMayReasonFallAsksHuman BeingsCitiesPiecesGenerationsPleaseBenefitsSightUnusualHeirsFalling To Pieces Book:The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems Source: The Bodley Head Ford Madox Ford: The good soldier. Selected memories. Poems
“Please stop using the word "Negro."... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are classed together as a single racial unit. Therefore, we are really truly colored people, and that is the only name in the English language which accurately describes us.” PeopleWorldHumansTogetherNamesLanguageHuman BeingsRacePleaseSevenVarietyFiftyUnitsEnglish LanguageComplexion Author:Mary Church Terrell
“Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.” PeopleHumansMomentsWaitingHuman BeingsFocusJourneyPleaseHeightAppropriateArrivalsAppropriate Time Author:Confucius