“Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names.”

“We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.”

“Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.”

“Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.”

“The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.”

“Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.”

“Listen to many, speak to a few.”

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”