There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

It is necessary to stay on the march, to be on the journey, to work for peace wherever we are at all times, because the liberty we cherish, which we would share with the world, demands eternal vigilance.

One of the things I appreciate more was how important struggle was as the instrument that helped to keep us knit together.

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.