To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave… — Lillian Smith Belief Copy Share Image
“To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives...” — Lillian Smith Faith Copy Share Image
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave… — Lillian Smith Believe Copy Share Image
Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation. — Lillian Smith Evil Copy Share Image
To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet; the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality; the place where fantasy and earthly… — Lillian Smith Accepting Copy Share Image
The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most. There is a return journey to anguish… — Lillian Smith Anguish Copy Share Image
I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal… — Lillian Smith Exploration Copy Share Image
Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the… — Lillian Smith Ancient Copy Share Image
Belief in Some One's right to punish you is the fate of all children in Judaic-Christian culture. But nowhere else, perhaps, have… — Lillian Smith Atheism Copy Share Image
The point of life is to find the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality. — Lillian Smith Delicate Copy Share Image
When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. — Lillian Smith Asking Copy Share Image
The question in crisis or ordeal is not: Are you going to be an extremist? The question is: What kind of extremist… — Lillian Smith Crisis Copy Share Image
“None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength.” — Lillian Smith Crave Copy Share Image
We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. — Lillian Smith Flirting Copy Share Image
For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp… — Lillian Smith Absolutes Copy Share Image
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. — Lillian Smith Doubt Copy Share Image
Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school… — Lillian Smith Education Copy Share Image
