The story of any one man's real experience finds its startling parallel in that of every one of us.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Now Robby…he’s who you should be with, ” she said, as if on cue with my thoughts. I tried not to roll my eyes.

In an ideal world, the amount of money we spend on medical research to prevent or cure a disease would be proportional to its seriousness and the number of people who suffer from it.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

Do something that scares you every day. You have nothing to lose but fear itself.

Of all injustice that is the greatest which goes under the name of law.

I could do all of my activities at Howard because it was an environment that had essentially rid the ideology of false choices that I feel absolutely constricts young black students.

I like things in my hair - big feather pieces.

It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.

She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.

When I watch TV, I'm embarrassed by some of what's on.