In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like.

I believe what I have to say is important, and I believe the people coming to hear me are important, and so the occasion of itself alone has an importance, which forces me to stare down my nerves.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

Courage - you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn't want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

Be the rainbow in someone else's cloud.

Effective action is always unjust.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.