I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare.
Grace is the free, undeserved goodness and favor of God to mankind.
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.
Anger cannot rest in the bosom where love reigns.
Though we cannot by our prayers give God any information, yet we must by our prayers give him honor.
Better to get up late and be wide awake then, than to get up early and be asleep all day.
In the era of big brains, life stories could end up any which way. Look at mine.
As long as the colored man look to white folks to put the crown on what he say. . . as long as he looks to white folks for approval. . . then he ain't never gonna find out who he is and what he's about.
I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in.
I just don't like to be in my own - I'm already myself, so I don't like to be in my own - like, watch myself.