I come as one, but stand as 10,000.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.

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

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.