Unless young blacks are brought into the mainstream of economic life, they will continue to be on the curbstone.

I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.

It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.

Accomplish something every day of your life.

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way 'round.

No one asks about the truth and non-truth. Should one not think ‘why don’t others accept it even when I am right?’ It is because there is insistence and nagging behind that truth.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

I liked to use my face mask more than the diving helmet for most occasions. I was learning to hold my breath longer now and could go down almost as deep without the helmet which limited my movements.

A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.

If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch’s works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul.

We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way.

When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

Life is generally pretty damn amazing if you let it be.

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.