If your opponent is of choleric temper$$$ seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak$$$ that he may grow arrogant.

Rouse him$$$ and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself$$$ so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

It is evil to keep these people in bondage$$$ yet they cannot be freed. They must be educated! To free these people without education and with the prejudice that presently exists against them would be a ghastly crime.

Though it is a painful fact that most Negroes are hopelessly docile$$$ many of them are filled with fury$$$ and the unctuous coating of flattery which surrounds and encases that fury is but a form of self-preservation.

Which is worse$$$ past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink. Which will be soon$$$ and then the dark$$$ and then be done with this ugliness...

In the midst of life we are in death.

I believe in mess$$$ tears$$$ pain$$$ self-abasement$$$ loss of self-respect$$$ nakedness. Not caring doesn't seem much different from not loving.

You are an over-excited little man$$$ with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist.

Death is the ultimate negative.