It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

There must always be a remedy for wrong and injustice if we only know how to find it.

Virtue knows no color line.

Those who commit the murders write the reports.

I am only a mouthpiece through which to tell the story of lynching and I have told it so often that I know it by heart. I do not have to embellish; it makes its own way.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

The appetite grows for what it feeds on.

Love is where unseen and unsaid things merge with each otherwhere silence is thirsty of happenings

His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind.

I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.

When we try to avoid one fault, we are led to the opposite, unless we be very careful.

I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.

However tired you are, whatever the distance is, move to your target! Even if you move as slow as a snail, you will reach there! Move! Either fast or slow, just move!

What tipped the scales was that psychology involved working with rats.

It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

I'm reminded of a female patient who was particularly aroused by the shape of her husband's shoulder. And this hint of perversion should ideally remain a secret for both partners.