“Perhaps, there is no such person who can be called truly free, but only those who can be deemed so by comparison.”
― Sinew of the Social Species
― Sinew of the Social Species
“What is a drop of rain, compared to the storm? What is a thought, compared to the mind? Our unity is full of wonder which your tiny individualism cannot even conceive.”
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“Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean,
man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives.
Man's life is independent.
He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives.
Man's life is independent.
He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too.”
― Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual
“It is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have time to think about a world larger than self.”
― Black Genius: African-American Solutions to African-American Problems
― Black Genius: African-American Solutions to African-American Problems
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