Hope was always hard to find in the darkness.

You can be spiritual all by yourself. Everybody has a soul. But to be religious, it seems like you need other people, and then sometimes it becomes more about the people than the soul.

Porches could be cleaned with a broom in a few minutes, but the soul could not be swept. It had to be shaken. And shaking the loess from a soul took a lifetime and more strength than most people had.

There are struggles you cannot win, but a man can meet his own heart if value is found in loss. Give yourself permission to cry.

The power of our country relies on the character that comes out of each of our homes.

The world has a way of dragging down our mood.

I wonder if God hears prayers if the only time you make them is when you’re in trouble.

He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men.

Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost.

Doing without will wear on you until temptation is stronger than character, sometimes.

There is no end to the hatred in men, but there is an end to the hatred in a man. If your hatred is just, and deeds will get you to the end of it, then go and do what must be done.

Reading is a bridge from misery to hope.

To one who loves birds, morning always wakes up singing.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

There is no liberal education for the under-languaged.

I want to be able to separate the average from the good and from the great. I want to separate the ordinary from the extraordinary.

To have to fight the instincts - that is the definition of decadence: as long as life is ascending, happiness equals instinct.

I think we make our own hell down here during our life times- the penalty for not being true; the punishment for fear; we suffer the consequences

Practically every violent conflict or social change has proved that violence unleashes violence in return.

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don't fool.

This country to-day [is] the last stronghold of freedom, standing like a rock in a tide that is threatened to submerge the world.