The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

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.

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.