I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Sexism, like racism, goes with us into the next century. I see class warfare as overshadowing both.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

All Southern state colleges and universities are open to black students.

We African Americans have now spent the major part of the 20th Century battling racism

You will experience 100 transformative moments every year.

It is almost an unbearable pain, to suddenly recognize the value of what you had being ignorant of which had been your possession

It is only in the presence of God, we find the fullness of life and joy.

Apprehension of a painful or disagreeable recognition made me tremble. I am confident that it took no distinctness of shape, and that it was the revival for a few minutes of the terror of childhood.

The best part about working is that you never know what you're going to learn when you start out.

Even before I knew Yoga in this life, I was into that kind of thing.

It’s not easy to get rid of unwanted things.

It is better to ride a pony than a horse which throws you.

Art is an evolution of techniques and materials from past to present and we can't stop learning.

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters