It's a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

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History is just new people making old mistakes.

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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

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Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.

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But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.

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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

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People cannot hurt you without your permission.

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Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. – Grandmother Willow, Pocahontas

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People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.

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It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion. ― Thomas Sowell

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