“open you eyes now is the time to rise up with darkness well still shine”

“Every time you come in yelling that God damn "Rise and Shine!" "Rise and Shine!" I say to myself, "How lucky dead people are!”

“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the qu icksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.”

“I will rise from the darkness, shining like the morning star.Illuminated woman am I.”

“Time moves on for us, for you it stands still. You will be forever ageless as we grow old, your smile will never wrinkle, nor will that shine in your eyes fade..”

“Sadness to me is the happiest time,When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind.Those times when I'm silent and still as the earth,The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe.”