I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible, you laugh. That, I think, is part of the Great Love.

I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

Prepare yourself so that you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.

The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

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.