Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

Are we praying?" "If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.

I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.

Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.

Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.

Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?

- Mr. Berg, Are you an Afrikaner?- Yes-And are you proud of it?-I am not ashamed of it, but I am not proud of it, for in fact I had nothing to do with it.

Lavish spending cloaks the dark side of generosity

Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

I see myself as the world's oldest living teenager... I try to get as much kick out of things as possible.

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to take him.