The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

It isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.

The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

In this perilous world, if a black boy wanted to live a halfway normal life and die a natural death he had to learn early the art of how to get along with white folks.