it is a higher glory... to stay war itself with a word, than to slay men with the sword, and to procure or maintain peace by peace, not by war.

Dead is not an option ".

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.

Don't hit women. Never, ever, ever.

I fell in love with her for her sense of humour. If she ever lost her sense of humour, I would have to dump her. Then I'd kill myself because I couldn't live without her.

A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position as being pariahs, leads them to great originality.

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

The heart less bounding at emotion new, The hope, once crushed, less quick to spring again.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution.