I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to t... - Langston Hughes

"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"

"I stay cool, and dig all jive,That's the way I stay alive.My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return."

"I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you."