“On the second floor was the office in which Houston pounded an ancient typewriter with two fingers, always setting an example of unceasing hard work for his admiring students. They had no hint of t...”

“The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.”

“We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow do...”

“It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.”

“A minority group has 'arrived' only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.”

“once sailed neither the ship nor the shore ever remains the same again.”

“We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.”

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”