If money, education, and honesty will not bring to me as much privilege, as much equality as they bring to any American citizen, then they are to me a curse, and not a blessing.

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

You can make money two ways - make more, or spend less.

If the house is to be set in the order, one cannot begin with the present; he must begin with the past

Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

Do more and understand that all wealth came from poor people either as the entrepreneurs or the consumers who buy the product that keeps the entrepreneurs in business.

Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only way to social justice, in a capitalist country, is through economic parity."

The writing of history reflects the interests, predilections, and even prejudices of a given generation.

Poverty is not what's in your pocket - its what you have in your head.

My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

I like the posture, but not the yoga. I like the inebriated morning, but not the opium. I like the flower but not the garden, the moment but not the dream. Quiet, my love. Be still. I am sleeping.

The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body, pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.

With regards any type of manifesting, when you are inspired or not inspired, you created it!

For a metaphysical treat stop at the Big Sur Inn, which is also a haven for stray cats and dogs. Life along the South Coast is just a bed of roses, with a few thorns and nettles interspersed.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

We can never understand. We can only try, fumbling our way through the tunneled places, reaching for light.

In my day, in my era, Ralph McDaniels, just being five and being at his block party, you could just got onstage.

In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.

Look to the Lord and not to the world for your ideas and ideals about men and women.