I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

One person can change the world.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming.

You're the brightest thing in the room, " he said. He lifted his hand from my waist, and slowly, carefully brushed a stray lock of hair from my cheek. "You shine.

Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.

But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

Do not let fear overcome your efforts.

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion

Not only was I not born to be a slave; I was not born to hope to become the equal of the slave master.

Floating in a lake, lying in a hammock, playing a bit of Scrabble...that's what I'm in need of.

Christianity is a formula: it is nothing more.