Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Quote by Zora Neale Hurston

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Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that...

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected...

It was a weak spot in any nation to have a large body of disaffected...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

Gods always love the people who make em.

Gods always love the people who make em.

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.