We were Negroes and our concern was the white man and how to get along with him

I believe a Christian can sin, but he does not have to. God never would have told us to reject evil acts if in point of fact we could not help but do them.

Keeping her in her roots of greenness.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.

You'd be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever.

Ambition is but the evil shadow of aspiration.

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable.

It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.

My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can.

Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose.