Of Equality--as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Resist much, obey little.

Peace is always beautiful.

Battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sound contribute toward me.

For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers!

If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.

not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo, The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

Creativity is the result of renunciation on the journey of spiritual enlightenment, not of a thirst for glory or personal pride.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Old-fogyism is comfortably closing in.

The support of my fans is something I treasure more than anything, and I wouldn't be here today without their support, their involvement in my shows.

What was said about him, what the females needed to believe about him, was just oral masturbation for mouths that needed to be otherwise occupied.

Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.

You always do that with movie musicals. You prerecord and then you lip-synch to playback.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Love is easy, and I love writing.