And I ask why am I black they say I was born in sin and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery you shall not kill you shall not steal you shall not covet and so on are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate wars producing more wars - must be broken or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Love shall be our token love be yours and love be mine.

Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. Omitted all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves or lose our ventures.

Our democracy poses problems and these problems must and shall be solved by courageous leadership.