I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Beware what you consume, lest you appetite grow by what it feeds on.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

Under my head till morning; but the rain, Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh, Upon the glass and listen for reply.

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.

Aight baby show me the exact spot, meet me at Hoyt & Schemethorn at 3 on the dot

The only reason you should move to a new job is if you are not getting the opportunity to do what you want to do and what you believe you can do.

Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless.

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.