Surviving is important, but thriving is elegant.
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.
She was born poor and powerless in a land where power is money and money is adored. Born black in a land where might is white and white is adored. Born female in a land where decisions are masculine and masculinity controls.
Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
Prejudice is a burden which confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
Only the secure can bear the weight of a joke and only the very secure can share in the laughter.
One person, with good purpose, can, constitute the majority.
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.
Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.
Never let white folks know what you really think. If you’re sad, laugh. If you’re bleeding inside, dance.
