“Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin’d, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.”

Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin’d and join th’ angelic train.

Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On ev’ry leaf the gentle zephyr plays; Harmonious lays the feather’d race resume, Dart the bright eye, and shake the painted plume.

Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.

Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.

In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.

May be refined, and join the angelic train.

Once you realize you deserve a bright future, letting go of your dark past is the best choice you will ever make.

It is dreadful to think that behind me my own past is no longer anything but shifting darkness.

But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like ‘maybe we should be just friends’ turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination.

Wild one, be still and listen your soul will whisper to you even in the darkest of moments.

That was her magic – she could still see the sunset even on those darkest days.

In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.