I am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise.

My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.

In the embers shining bright A garden grows for thy delight, With roses yellow, red, and white. But, O my child, beware, beware! Touch not the roses growing there, For every rose a thorn doth bear.

Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.

We lean on Faith; and some less wise have cried, "Behold the butterfly, the see that's cast!" Vain hopes that fall like flowers before the blast! What man can look on Death unterrified?

I am the laughter of the new-born child On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.

Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity: To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.

Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.

Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this world, the hopes of man, Conflict and pain, and fame immortal are his guerdon.

Give me a theme," the little poet cried, "And I will do my part," "'Tis not a theme you need," the world replied; "You need a heart.

And people who don’t dream, who don’t have any kind of imaginative life, they must… they must go nuts. I can’t imagine that.

The study of Nature makes a man at last as remorseless as Nature.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.

It's more important to be righteous than to be right.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.