We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices.
I don’t deserve to be happy.
Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favour of which you don’t.
His convictions to the wishes of others, be it the whole.
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
I always knew I was destined for greatness.
A people always ends by resembling its shadow.
The absolute truth is that there is no power in celebrity.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. be curious.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”
Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no law saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature
One joy dispels a hundred cares.
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.