By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.

Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World

The birth of a true poet is neither an insignificant event nor an easy delivery. Complications generally begin long before the fated soul carries its dubious light into whatever womb has been kind enough to volunteer the intricate machinery of its blood and prayers and muscles for a gestation period much longer than nine months or even nine years.

The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.

At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.

Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.