Like most guys, I had bought into the stereotype that all feminists were white, lesbian, unattractive male bashers who hated all men. But after reading the work of these black feminists, I realized that this was far from the truth. After digging into...
If you want to know what we are, look at the men reading books, searching in the dark pages of history for the lost word, the key to the mystery of the living peace. We are factory hands, field hands, mill hands, searching, building and molding struc...
Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.
Beauty doesn't exist, men only dream it.
Men learn little from success, but much from failure.
Men must sew up tears with gentleness.
Men fated to be happy need not haste.
Rich men accumulate money; the poor accumulate years.
Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.
Who doesn't keep faith with God won't keep it with men.
Without men in the neighborhood all the women are chaste.
Our real grave is not in the ground but in men's hearts.
Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
The devil gives even rich men presents.
A phantasm can be a bridge that men cross toward reality.
Beware of men who flourish hereditary honors
Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich.
If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.
It's other people who make us wise, and I haven't known nearly enough.
Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)
