None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

I suppose I might insist on making issues of things. But that is not my nature, and I always bear in mind that my mission is to leave behind me the kind of impression that will make it easier for those who follow.

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Where there is money, there is fighting.