Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue.

I am living while I am living.

I play with a fear of letting people down. That's what motivates me.

There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself.

America My Country: last nation on earth to abolish human slavery; first of all nations to drop the nuclear bomb on our fellow human beings.

Right now we're in a special and powerful position, because the world is having a spiritual awakening.

I imagine how cool it would be if all small talk wasn't lies.

Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.

What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.

In the midday sun, a bright light will be barely noticed. Yet in the darkest night, even the smallest light can make an enormous difference.

White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis.