The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree.

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.

What she really meant was: here is my heart, have a care.

Destiny is for people in books about magical swords. It's a lot of crap.

We always long for forbidden things k and desire what is denied us.

Overall the fundamentals seem to be there and he's obviously got a very mature head on his shoulders. He's got a kind of presence.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

Too many hearts have been broken, failing to trust what they feel.

I’ll be marching through the morning, Marching through the night, Moving 'cross the borders Of My Secret Life.

They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.

Away with funeral music-set The pipe to powerful lips- The cup of life's for him that drinks And not for him that sips.

The most interesting thing about being alive is that there is no black and white; there are many shades of gray.