"And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father."

"I cured with the power that came through me."

"But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all."

"I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it."

"There are three classes of men lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."

"Wisdom principle 51 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 52."

"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it."

"No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as have black women... When black people are talked about the focus tends to be on black men and when women are talked about the focus tends to be on white women."