The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

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.

Distance is meaningless, as is time, when minds and souls intertwine.”-Gerome in CHANGELING-

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.

The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.

Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America... you are free to do as we tell you... you are free to do as we tell you.

We are in the more blessed category, the upper class who lived by faith and believed even though we hadn't seen!

There's a time I can recall Four years old and three feet tall Trying to touch the stars and the cookie jar And both were out of reach

My mother never put an emphasis on looks. She let us grow up on our own time line. She never forced any beauty regimen into my world.

There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people

You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.

I wondered what I thought I was burying.