The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.
Who I am really keeps surprising me.
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.
Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.
She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
All you imagined, no matter how wild it might seem, was no more than a disguised version of what you already knew.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
We Communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil. Wherever we go, we must unite with the people, take root and blossom among them.
I know things are unbearable but in spite of that we have to bear them.