Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it empowers us to develop courage; to trust that courage and build bridges with it; to trust those bridges and cross over them so we can attempt to reach each other.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Today is a king in disguise.

All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

What a new face courage puts on everything!