Cornel West

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. ↗

— Cornel West

#loyalty #relationships #life

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public ↗

— Cornel West

#love #society #wisdom #love

I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it. ↗

— Cornel West

#ideas #letters #love #wise #love

Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature. ↗

— Cornel West

#nihilism #social-science #nature

We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial worms. ↗

— Cornel West

#philosophy #philosophy-of-life #death

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109) ↗

— Cornel West

#inspirational

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good. ↗

— Cornel West

#community #deeper #good #had #important

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse. ↗

— Cornel West

#brown #catastrophe #complex #discourse #ghettos

And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you. ↗

— Cornel West

#brother #great #i #love #something

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. ↗

— Cornel West

#concern #justice #love #margins #poor