It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians, and blues singers).

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

Language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.

Few, if any, survive their teens.

If you are silent, if I never learn one fraction more of your soul's equation/I know you.

Security comes from Trust.Trust comes from Faith.Faith comes when you eliminate all fear.Ease comes when you are fearless.

What I know??That I'm always right!

I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956

People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other fishermen are called crackpot fishermen. This is confusing.

I just have faith. It's just there. It's not any big deal.

If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look at how he treats people.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

Love is not vain because it is frustrated, but because it is fulfilled. The people we love turn to ashes when we posess them.

He knows that it is impossible to live in a state of complete relaxation.