The main barrier between East and West today is that the white man is not willing to give up his superiority and the colored man is no longer willing….

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful..

Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy….

I know that the only completely happy life for man and for woman is their life, first together, and then with their children. I am a firm believer th….

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid..

The truth has never been told about women in history: that everywhere man has gone woman has gone too, and what he has done she has done also. Women ….

Upon the profound discontent of the young in every country do I set my faith. I beg you, the young, to be discontented. I pray that you may rebel aga….

It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull re….

Our bodies can be mobilized by law and police and men with guns, if necessary-but where shall we find that which will make us believe in what we must….

Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds..

Some of the biggest failures I ever had were successes..

Hunger makes a thief of any man..

We must have hope or starve to death..

Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession..

I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did..

What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born..

there's two kinds of folk in the world, just like there's two kinds of life in a seed. Something sends one kind up to hunt its food in the light and ….

We need to restore the full meaning of that old word, duty. It is the other side of rights..

But what happens when her beauty is torn from her like a cover from a book? Will he care to read her then, although her pages speak of nothing but lo….

I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not..

It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one..