"Men must not only know, they must act." — W. E. B. Du Bois

"Men must not only know, they must act."

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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113 Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois has 113 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness…
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit…
To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the…
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others,…
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals…
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words…
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not…
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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