To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed.

I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids' game.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content.

I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art.

...death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.

none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

We [Facebook] really believe in enabling people to be their authentic selves on the web, and enabling people to communicate directly with each other in a very personal way.

But shall we wear these glories for a day? Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?