Lillian Smith Quotes

"No journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within."
-Lillian Smith

"When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die."
-Lillian Smith

"For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into ''the masses.'' And where is the David who can slay this giant?"
-Lillian Smith

"Rich folks always talk hard times."
-Lillian Smith

"Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years."
-Lillian Smith