I was a book-y child. I was much more book-y than dark.
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.
The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.
But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare. . . are to be found portrayed in it.
There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification.
I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.
Just because we live in a Christian era doesn't mean we're all Christian, necessarily.
The NYPD must stop acting like the only thing black people do is run from them and shoot at them. Believe it or not there are some black New Yorkers who won't run and can't shoot -- they're called the # Knicks.
I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do that and just let the genuine sound come through, there's a whole magic there.