What did James Weldon Johnson mean by: Young man, young man, your arm’s too short to box with God. - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA Copy
+ O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Fire, Long Ago, Music, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Aristocracy, Perfect, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Earth, Paris, Travel, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I’ll make me a man! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Hands, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Black, Disgrace, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Appreciate, Slave, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ It is strange how in some things honest people can be dishonest without the slightest compunction. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Honest, Strange, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Consideration, Paris, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! - William Cowper Poet · England
Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
If there wasn’t a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Respectable society believed in God in order to avoid having to speak about him. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
God speaks to every individual through what happens to them moment by moment. - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
God’s designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon Mystic and writer · France