“The true aristocracy and the true proletariat of the world are both in understanding with tragedy. To them it is the fundamental principle of God, and the key,the minor key,to existence. They diffe...”

“The cure for anything is salt water. Sweat, tears, or the ocean.”

“I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them.”

“I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way that so many things that one goes around worrying about are of n...”

“Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back in a second flowering at the age of 70 to 90.”

“I don't think that ... one gets a flash of happiness once and never again it is there within you and it will come as certainly as death....”

“No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of...”

“Racial prejudice has always been a difficult topic for me. On several occasions I've withdrawn from conversations that devolved into white bashing. I can never make a general negative statements ba...”

“My story has more than a "great white hope" plot. I loved and respected Tom because he was a servant of God who happened to be white, just as I feel I am a servant of God who happens to be black an...”