Ralph Ellison

Quotes by Ralph Ellison

 

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Ralph Ellison

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When I discover who I am, I'll be free.

Ralph Ellison

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I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Ralph Ellison

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You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Epicurus

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