If we must die, O let us nobly die.

If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything.

Human dignity is more precious than prestige.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

Although, in my defense, a nonblinking eye rape was rarely the kind of thing you just eased into.

Through the darkest paths, you can reach the brightest heavens and this marvellous possibility will keep you full of life even in the middle of most horrible utter darknesss!

Wise parents do not criticize each other in front of their children or their friends. Nor do they talk negatively about their children when others are present. That is disloyalty.

The competitive nature of hip-hop culture has always had battling involved with it. So you battle with the other artist but not necessarily in business and everywhere else.

I thought poems were songs for people with bad voices.

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book

It's a bold statement but I think people need to read between the lines.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

The great cowboys are the ones with the biggest hearts.