Ralph Ellison

"It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow."

- Ralph Ellison

"When I discover who I am, I'll be free."

- Ralph Ellison

"Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."

- Ralph Ellison

"Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it."

- Ralph Ellison

"America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. … Our fate is to become one and yet many."

- Ralph Ellison