Quote of the Day (Arthur Ashe, on Reviving ‘Our Ancient Commitment to God’)
“I wish more of us could understand that our
increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and
self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a
revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the
world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values
which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship
both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. We must believe
in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves,
our old and our young, our women as well as our men.” — Arthur
Ashe and Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir (1994)
“I wish more of us could understand that our
increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and
self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a
revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the
world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values
which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship
both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. We must believe
in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves,
our old and our young, our women as well as our men.” — Arthur
Ashe and Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir (1994)
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