I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances -- from my grave even more successfully and more irrefutably than in my lifetime.
Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity and it has worth.
A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.
Freedom has always been an expensive thing. History is fit testimony to the fact that freedom is rarely gained without sacrifice and self-denial.
I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.
To me, bitterness is the under-arm odor of wishful weakness. It is the graceless acknowledgment of defeat.
My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.
I went from being Mario who? to Mario baby!
The phone rang. I picked it up. "Kate Daniels" "It's me," Curran said. "I—" I hung up.