A Race Cannot Be Purified From Without.

Only The Black Woman Can Say 'when And Where I Enter, In The Quiet, Undisputed Dignity Of My Womanhood, Without Violence And Without Suing Or Special Patronage, Then And There The Whole Negro Race Enters With Me.'

I Care Not For The Theoretical Symmetry And Impregnable Logic Of Your Moral Code, I Care Not For The Hoary Respectability And Traditional Mysticisms Of Your Theological Institutions, I Care Not For The Beauty And Solemnity Of Your Rituals And Religious Ceremonies, I Care Not Even For The Reasonableness And Unimpeachable Fairness Of Your Social Ethics,--if It Does Not Turn Out Better, Nobler, Truer, Men And Women,--if It Does Not Add To The World's Stock Of Valuable Souls,--if It Does Not Give Us A Sounder, Healthier, More Reliable Product From This Great Factory Of Men--i Will Have None Of It.

Life Must Be Something More Than Dilettante Speculation.

One Needs Occasionally To Stand Aside From The Hum And Rush Of Human Interests And Passions To Hear The Voices Of God.

Agnosticism Has Nothing To Impart. Its Sermons Are The Exhortations Of One Who Convinces You He Stands On Nothing And Urges You To Stand There Too.