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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
A black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling and bearing in the tide.
Petulant priests, greedy
centurions, and one million
incensed gestures stand
between your love and me.
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
Without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak miraculously clear
I rise.
You can kill me with your hatefulness,
But just like life, I'll rise.
You don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
You develop courage, the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
Visit us again, Savior. Your children, burdened with
disbelief, blinded by a patina
of wisdom,
carom down this vale of
fear. We cry for you
although we have lost
your name.
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
We grow despite the
horror that we feed
upon our own
tomorrow.
We grow.
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
We are missing Michael.
But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
We Had Him (2009)
Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.
This a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before
"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within"
The Light We Carry (2022)
Love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
A Brave and Startling Truth.
A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
And Still I Rise (1978)
I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." … There is an African saying which is: "Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."