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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Ellison was prominent on the lecture circuit even in the Black Aesthetic days of the Sixties when his defiantly pro-American and prickly-proud intellectual act met with some hostility.
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.
Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.
Our spiritual attitude is determined by our conception of our relation to infinite spirit.
Among intellectuals who consider themselves 'scientific,' the phrase 'the nature of man' is apt to have the effect of a red flag on a bull.
The thing is that any sophistication I have, aesthetically, comes from 'Vogue' and 'Harper's Bazaar.' In the '60s, I never missed an issue, even if I had to steal to get them.
I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect.
