There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality.

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.