Melvin Tolson Quotes & Sayings

A civilization is always judged in its decline. — Melvin B. Tolson

Out of abysses of Illiteracy, Through labyrinths of Lies, Across wastelands of Disease ... We advance Out of dead-ends of Poverty, Through wilderness of Superstition, Across barricades of Jim Crowism ... We advance. — Melvin B. Tolson

Old men dream dreams; young men see visions. — Melvin B. Tolson

The question is
Who will get to heaven first; the man who talks or the man who acts? — Melvin B. Tolson

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. — Nikki Giovanni

When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet. — Melvin B. Tolson