“If a man confessed anything on his death bed, it was the truth; for no man could stare death in the face and lie.”

“there are times when life's ends are so raveled that reason and sense cry out that we stop and gather them together again before we can proceed”

“If you posses enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find that you are not alone.”

“....I wondered if there had been a more corroding and devastating attack upon the personalities of men than the idea of racial discrimination.”

“...the real danger does not stem from those who seek to grab their share of wealth through force, or from those who try to defend their property through violence, for both of these groups, by their...”

“The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.”