The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to the conditions of the New World. Benjamin E. Mays More Quotes by Benjamin E. Mays More Quotes From Benjamin E. Mays In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks. Benjamin E. Mays white boys art If what is communicated is false, it can hardly be called communication. Benjamin E. Mays communication ifs It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. Benjamin E. Mays disaster ideals capture For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro. Benjamin E. Mays white believe people The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach Benjamin E. Mays goal weight-loss lying Many well-meaning intelligent people have argued since the May 17, 1954, decision of the United States Supreme Court outlawing segregation in the public schools that communication between the races has broken down. Benjamin E. Mays communication intelligent school It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. Benjamin E. Mays reaching-for-the-stars reaching-goals dream The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities. Benjamin E. Mays doing failure too-much life
