If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.

I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.