Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

Even her pink bunny slippers seem to prick up their ears.Diary of a Penguin-napper (p. 15)

I have fun doing movies, I’ve had fun doing the animated show, and I certainly have fun doing standup. Even that, even though it’s just me talking, it’s also interaction with the crowd.

Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.

An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way

If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross.

There are those that even God exploits, and they are prophets and saints in the vacuousness of the world.

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope.

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little bit better for an identifiable group.