John Edgar Wideman Quotes

We examine and highlight the history of the African descendants in America, and know that each and every one of us has come this far because of our faith in this country.

History looks very different from a black point of view. The heroes are different, and the eras get different names. The Progressive Era is no longer the Progressive Era, because it's the era in which more black people are lynched than in any other period in American history.

Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.

My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

God isn't present in the past or future. The great 'I Am' is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith.

I believe in justice, maybe not in this life, but there has to be justice. And if there isn't a God, I think it would be very depressing. I'd prefer to believe there is.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

I try to act out of faith.

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.

My hope, my real hope, is that whatever you hold in your heart, whatever you truly believe, and you've put your faith in, that that's what 's waiting for you. I think that'd be wonderful. You know what I mean? I think that would be the culmination of the life of the devout, or the believer.

It's okay to have faith in something that you can't see or touch.

One must learn how to be black in America.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

I definitely consider myself a Christian. There's things that I believe in, there's things I have a self-belief on. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I really want to help teach that.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

I think that America is a nation of faith. I do believe that. Certainly by way of heritage - there's a powerful Christian thread through all of American history.

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books.