There Are A Great Many Colored People

Make Yourself As Happy As Possible, And Try To Make Those Happy Whose Lives Come In Touch With Yours. But To Attempt To Right The Wrongs And Cease The Sufferings Of The World In General Is A Waste Of Effort.

Nothing Great Or Enduring, Especially In Music, Has Ever Sprung Full-fledged And Unprecedented From The Brain Of Any Master; The Best He Gives To The World He Gathers From The Hearts Of The People, And Runs It Through The Alembic Of His Genius.

I Do Not See How A People That Can Find In Its Conscience Any Excuse Whatever For Slowly Burning To Death A Human Being, Or For Tolerating Such An Act, Can Be Entrusted With The Salvation Of A Race.

It’s No Disgrace To Be Black, But It’s Often Very Inconvenient.

...one Of The Best Things About Running Is That No Matter How Fast You've Run In The Past, Running Fast In The Future Does Not Come Easily Or With Any Guarantees.