I want to be remembered as one who tried.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

We are not a problem people, we are people with problems.

I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit