Phillis Wheatley quotes

“The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

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“In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

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“Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley, “His Excellency General Washington”

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“Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (1838). “Poems of Phillis Wheatley: A Native African and a Slave”, p.55, Applewood Books

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“Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin'd and join th' angelic train.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com

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“Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On ev'ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays; Harmonious lays the feather'd race resume, Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2008). “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.46, ReadHowYouWant.com

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“Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.147, Penguin

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“May be refined, and join the angelic train.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2012). “The Poems of Phillis Wheatley: With Letters and a Memoir”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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“Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.”
-- Phillis Wheatley

Source : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin

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“Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.”

“We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We'll leave much unfinished for the next generation.”

“What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be led by the Holy Spirit.”

“The task of saving the earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world.”

“The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.”

“God help us if we ever take the theater out of the auction business or anything else. It would be an awfully boring world.”

“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.”

“Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.”

“Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.”

“Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.”