W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes on Life
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, philosopher, historian, and civil rights leader. This page collects quotes attributed to W. E. B. Du Bois on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to W. E. B. Du Bois:
“It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others.”
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Attributed to W. E. B. Du Bois:
“Education must not simply teach work; it must teach life.”
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“There is in this world no such force as the force of a man determined to rise.”
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“There is always a certain glamour about the idea of a nation rising up to crush an evil simply because it is wrong. Unfortunately, this can seldom be realized in real life; for the very existence of the evil usually argues a moral weakness in the very place where extraordinary moral strength is called for.”
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 (1897), ch. XII: The Essentials in the Struggle, paragraph 93: "The Moral Movement