"past is like a histroy book were we can learn what weve done in it."

“Time flows away like the water in the river.”

“What is learned in high school, or for that matter anywhere at all, depends far less on what is taught than on what one actually experiences in the place.”

Source : Edgar Z. Friedenberg (1965). “Coming of Age in America”

“Freedom! you askin me about freedom. I'll be honest with you. I know a whole more about what freedom isn't than about what it is, 'cause I've never been free. I can only share my vision with you of the future, about what freedom is.”

“As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”

“Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of the tree feeds on in secret, affects the bough and the leaf.”

“Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.”

“The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.”

“I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion.”