I have never had clarity; what I have always had is trust. So I will pray that you will trust God.

The key to being a wonderful writer is not to write. You just get out of the way, leave room for God to walk in the room, and when I write something that I know is right, I get on my knees and say, 'Thank You.

It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself, and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ``all men are created equal;'' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.