We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves..
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend..
The [Kwanzaa] holiday, then will of necessity, be engaged as an ancient and living cultural tradition which reflects the best of African thought and ….
Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune..
The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out..
I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future..
I'm not goin' anywhere, I'm right here!.
I'm only interested in poetry..
You've got to make sure that you make the best of the day that you're in..
The more music you love, the happier you will be..
It is always hazardous to express what one has to say indirectly and allusively..
The simpler things are, the happier they are..
I wanna be loved. I just wanna be loved..
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone..
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of in….
There are things I could say. But I don't..
Things aren't good or bad in and of themselves. It's what we do with them that makes them so..
Faith must be worked at..
One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech..
I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -.
Necessity is the author of change..