You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

You have to learn to get up from the table when love is not being served.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it

There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

Slavery has never been abolished from America's way of thinking.

You are the dreamBut I’ve had wake up calls

Saints are slaves of good works.Sages are slaves of wisdom.Conquerors are slaves of victory.

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

Create a friendly atmosphere on the inside and outside. Live Friendly. Be a friendly person on the inside. Have the attitude it takes to be smiling internally first.

Plains deceive you; they cause you to think that life is easy! Mountains never deceive you; they teach you the realties! Go to the mountains!

I really, truly believe in learning from other people's mistakes.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

There is now a scourge that is called Twitter

It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also.