A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable.

You can't judge your parenting by the choices of your kids.

An HBCU that is not inherently revolutionary is irrelevant.

Actions speak louder than meetings.

As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles.

If Bob Dylan really is an historian in and of himself in his work, in his performances, he is also an historian with a unique sense of humor. There's always been a bit of a stand-up comic in him.

Nature is accustomed to hide itself.

Another view is Western companies chartered in societies that believe in this kind of censorship shouldn't be carrying water for societies that do.

He can have my body, but he will never have my soul. never!

The love of our neighbor hath its bounds in each man's love of himself.