. . . The Circumference Of Life

It Is Not A Disaster To Be Unable To Capture Your Ideal, But It Is A Disaster To Have No Ideal To Capture.

Many Well-meaning Intelligent People Have Argued Since The May 17, 1954, Decision Of The United States Supreme Court Outlawing Segregation In The Public Schools That Communication Between The Races Has Broken Down.

You Have The Ability, Now Apply Yourself.

In This Perilous World, If A Black Boy Wanted To Live A Halfway Normal Life And Die A Natural Death He Had To Learn Early The Art Of How To Get Along With White Folks.

The Tragedy Of Life Doesn't Lie In Not Reaching Your Goal. The Tragedy Lies In Having No Goal To Reach. It Isn't A Calamity To Die With Dreams Unfulfilled, But It Is A Calamity Not To Dream...it Is Not A Disgrace Not To Reach The Stars, But It Is A Disgrace To Have No Stars To Reach For. Not Failure, But Low Aim Is Sin.