We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

I'm where I need to be, so my heart is light. Whatever happens, I know - I mean, I feel - that this is absolutely where I should be and I've lived up to my own expectations.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

If she come, I be happy. If she don't, I be content.

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Resistance is the secret of joy!