A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

What do you mean, You have No Dreams?The Truth is, you have No Courage.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

Effective learning means arriving at new power, and the consciousness of new power is one of the most stimulating things in life.

Natural freedoms are but just: There's something generous in mere lust.

Thus it seemed to Haeckel that such simple life could easily be produced from inanimate material.

The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.

Ultimately we have got to co-operate for our common destiny.

I didn't worry about it because I kind of felt I left a good message and memory with the people in terms of my work, and I always felt with a good record, I could always come back.

I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.

When a decision is taken belatedly, its execution inevitably leads to haste.