The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife.

Believe in your dream and define yourself endlessly.

I wouldn't change anything. Even the minor things or problems are what influence who I am.

Fear and anxiety are great motivators for me.

The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect, I'll have hell to pay.

We live in a society that is afraid of ways of being it doesn't understand.

I would love to do a rom-com, but they are not good - good and successful doesn't equate to the same thing.

I never before knew the full value of trees....What would I not give that the trees planted nearest round the house at Monticello were full grown.