“For in the idea of chess and the development of the chess mind we have a picture of the intellectual struggle of mankind.”
"We black folk, our history, and our present being are a mirror of all the manifold experiences of America. What we want, what we represent, what we endure is what America is. If we black folk perish, America will perish."
- Richard Wright
Awareness
"We Black folk, our history, and our present being are a mirror of all the manifold experiences of America. If we Black folk perish, America will perish."
- Richard Wright
Awareness
"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread."
- Richard Wright
Self-awareness
"We Black folk, our history and our present being are a mirror of all the manifold experiences of America. What we want, what we represent, what we endure is what America is. If we Black folk perish, America will perish."
- Richard Wright
Connection to Earth
"Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance"
- Richard Wright
Ambition
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy