Anything that is as old as racism is in the blood line of the nation. It's not any superficial thing-that attitude is in the blood and we have to educate about it.

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

When the Negro learns what manner of man he is spiritually, he will wake up all over. He will stop playing white even on the stage. He will rise in the majesty of his own soul.

Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.

The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.

The only response to stupidity and ignorance was silence

I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.

Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourselves and others. Do not speak if it brings no benefit.

One promises much, to avoid giving little.

An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and of sacred polyphony.

Resting in Awareness, we transform all the 'stuff' of our lives.

I mean, where I come from, 'communism' is not a terrible word.

May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

My quarrel with him is, that his works contain nothing worth quoting; and a book that furnishes no quotations, is me judice, no book,—it is a plaything.