If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

You must give your own story to the world.

Let go of all your hurts and be healed.

Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!

The race problem in the United States is the type of unpleasant problem which we would rather do without but which refuses to be buried.

Try to let what is unfair teach you.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

We must have something of substance to say in our worship [services] that reminds us why Christ's story is so unique and so utterly essential.

Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.

We have taught a generation to feast and play but the times demand we fast and pray.

Storms are not afraid of you; all you must do is not to afraid of the storms too!

I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.