“There are many different kinds of knowledge.The way of the heart and spirit can guide us in amore trustworthy way than the intellect alone.”

“Sometimes I go about pitying myself. And all the while I am being carried on great winds across the sky.”

“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be.”

“When I'm born I'm black, when I grow up I'm black, when I'm in the sun I'm black, when I'm sick I'm black, when I die I'm black, and you... when you're born you're pink, when you grow up you're white, when you're cold you're blue, when you're sick you're blue, when you die you're green and you dare call me colored”

“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.”

“If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ”

“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. ”