“In the face of a world where economic hardships often ground the best of the human spirit into the worst, love provided a pathway into hidden chambers of the spirit where nobility and compassion might be salvaged, resurrected, and made stronger.”

— Aberjhani

(Love, Art, and Culture, p. 24).
Book Sources, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003)

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