Ancient Quotes

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

The answer to the ancient question 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' would then be that ...

I can see clouds a thousand miles away, hear ancient music in the pines.

For it is now to us itself ancient; and yet its maker was telling of things already old and weighted...

There werethings, he said mournfully, that perhaps could never be told, only hehad lived so much alo...

Be content with what you have;rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lackin...

I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in h...

but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysicaldilemma/ i havent conquered yet/ do yo...

There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun...

The Enlightenment, finally, invented progressive 'history' as an inner-worldly purgatory in order to...

There are those whose views about religion are not very different from my own, but who nevertheless ...

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)

[We need reforms] to make the Negro church a place where colored men and women of education and ener...