We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
Langston Hughes
Hope, Resilience, Freedom, Personal Empowerment, Future Vision
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“Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.” Langston Hughes
Love, Nature, Metaphor, Vulnerability, Poetic Imagery
Langston Hughes Love, Nature, Metaphor, Vulnerability, Poetic Imagery“Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.” Langston Hughes
Music, Poverty, Happiness, Art, Social Value
Langston Hughes Music, Poverty, Happiness, Art, Social Value“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.” Langston Hughes
Inaction, Urgency, Freedom, Hope, Existential Reflection
Langston Hughes Inaction, Urgency, Freedom, Hope, Existential Reflection“Hey you rising workers everywhere greetings.” Langston Hughes
Solidarity, Labor, Global Community, Greeting, Social Consciousness
Langston Hughes Solidarity, Labor, Global Community, Greeting, Social Consciousness“Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!” Langston Hughes
Identity, Pride, Beauty, Racial Affirmation, Self-acceptance
Langston Hughes Identity, Pride, Beauty, Racial Affirmation, Self-acceptance“Folks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.” Langston Hughes
Life, Love, Wisdom, Human Experience, Philosophical Advice
Langston Hughes Life, Love, Wisdom, Human Experience, Philosophical Advice“Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.” Langston Hughes
Freedom, Poetry, Emotion, Personal Experience, Social Commentary
Langston Hughes Freedom, Poetry, Emotion, Personal Experience, Social Commentary“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.” Langston Hughes
Determination, Achievement, Personal Growth, Motivation, Life Lessons
Langston Hughes Determination, Achievement, Personal Growth, Motivation, Life Lessons“The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.” Langston Hughes
Racism, Oppression, Solidarity, Shared Experience, Historical Trauma
Langston Hughes Racism, Oppression, Solidarity, Shared Experience, Historical Trauma“Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it, what you wish in your secret heart were not funny, but it is, and you must laugh. Humor is your own unconscious therapy. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air, and you.” Langston Hughes
Humor, Resilience, Therapy, Self-reflection, Emotional Healing
Langston Hughes Humor, Resilience, Therapy, Self-reflection, Emotional Healing“Both of them were very good and kind – the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.” Langston Hughes
Tolerance, Kindness, Religious Diversity, Personal Growth, Human Equality
Langston Hughes Tolerance, Kindness, Religious Diversity, Personal Growth, Human Equality“To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer – not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man.” Langston Hughes
Writing Career, Professionalism, Consistency, Literary Market, Artistic Dedication
Langston Hughes Writing Career, Professionalism, Consistency, Literary Market, Artistic Dedication“Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, Bring me all your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world.” Langston Hughes
Dreams, Protection, Poetry, Inspiration, Emotional Safety
Langston Hughes Dreams, Protection, Poetry, Inspiration, Emotional Safety“Once, when I were a child, I were kicked by a small mule. Neither the mule nor I had any sense. I were trying to make the mule go one way, but the mule was trying to make me go another. I were for hitching the mule onto a plow. The mule were for nibbling grass. So, after that kicking, I learned right then and there to respect animals and peoples when they are not of the same mind as you are.” Langston Hughes
Lesson, Respect, Childhood, Animal Wisdom, Personal Growth
Langston Hughes Lesson, Respect, Childhood, Animal Wisdom, Personal Growth“I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.” Langston Hughes
Democracy, Racism, Determination, Civil Rights, Social Critique
Langston Hughes Democracy, Racism, Determination, Civil Rights, Social Critique“Who said I want to go to war? If I do, it ain't the same war the President wants to go to. No, sir, I been hanging on a rope in Alabama too long.” Langston Hughes
War, Racism, Politics, Social Injustice, Personal Protest
Langston Hughes War, Racism, Politics, Social Injustice, Personal Protest“To my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering 'I want to be white,' hidden in the aspirations of his people, to 'Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful!'” Langston Hughes
Art, Racial Identity, Self-acceptance, Cultural Pride, Artistic Responsibility
Langston Hughes Art, Racial Identity, Self-acceptance, Cultural Pride, Artistic Responsibility“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes
Dreams, Hope, Perseverance, Metaphorical Imagery, Life Philosophy
Langston Hughes Dreams, Hope, Perseverance, Metaphorical Imagery, Life Philosophy