And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

either you take in believing in miracles or you stand still like the hummingbird.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything - except his own nature.

Education without the knowledge of the Holy One is the darkest doom.

Opportunities to climb to greater heights will surely come. But the question is, are you ready to seize them when they do?

A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.

Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ all the means requisite . . . to the attainment of the ends of such power.

Being brave enough to just be unapologetic for who you are‚ that's a goddess.

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

When you're walking through the darkness, you can't depend on anything or anyone else to light your way. You have to rely on whatever sparks you've got inside you. Or you're going to get lost.

Great comedy calls large matters into question.

But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.

And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead. Go to thy deathbed. He never will come again.