It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.
Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.
Man has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal ? no one will see it. But when a button is missing?everyone sees that.
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: Am I, or the others, crazy?
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
