“Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the...” — Lord Byron Quote

“Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.”

“Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.”

“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”

“I can only tell you that when long soul-searching and a combination of circumstances delivered me of my last prejudices, there was an exalted sense of liberation. It was not the Negro who became free, but I.”

“I think there is something in my books that says these are people doing their best under difficult circumstances - sometimes they do wrong things and make mistakes, but who doesn't? And who wants to read about somebody who never does?”

“Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.”