It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.