The love that moves the sun and the other stars.
We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.
A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free
I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then. Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed-- I, too, am America.
An eternal marriage is eternal. Eternal implies continuing growth and improvement. It signifies that love will grow stronger with time and that it extends beyond the grave. It means that each partner will be blessed with the company of the other partner forever. Eternal signifies repentance, forgiveness, long-suffering, patience, hope, charity, love, and humility. All of these things are involved in anything that is eternal, and surely we must learn and practice them if we intend to claim an eternal marriage.
Sweet is every sound, sweeter the voice, but every sound is sweet.
The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic process.
There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.