Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

We don't ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.

- Gwendolyn Brooks

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.

- Gwendolyn Brooks