Be the best of whatever you are.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

In Christ there is no East nor West.

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph.

The body is God's temple, but we are to worship God, not the temple.

We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.