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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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.

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

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

Love, I find, is like singing. Everyone can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everyone can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

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...

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

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

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

Don't you realize that the sea is the home of water? All water is off...

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

It costs you something to do good!

It costs you something to do good!

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

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

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.

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...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

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.

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...

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...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think,...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear...

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

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

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.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.

When one is too old for love, one finds great comfort in good dinners.