The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

In order to have a conversation with someone you must reveal yourself.

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.