"Blistering. Honest…[O]ffering clear-eyed perspective on how African Americans got to where they are today and what th…"

"an effective probe into how African Americans spend so much money that overwhelmingly leaves their communities.”"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."

"To be a god First I must be a god-maker: We are what we create."

"Hearts starve as well as bodies: Give us Bread, but give us Roses."

"Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset’s golden and crimson dyes: I look, and…"

"They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free."

"Hadn't he been blowing kisses to Earth millions of years before I was born?"

"Quick as a hummingbird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers—She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly, Dipping…"

"We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear."