Connecting with yourself and knowing yourself is a monumental and life changing event.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.

There is no any secret to being a genius, all you have to do is be yourself.

I would give anything to sing like Beyonce or Adele. I've said many times to my friends that if I could sing like them, I would give up poetry and writing.

Black Poets should live--not leap From steel bridges, like the white boys do.

People do things for love and belief and passion, not just because they're paid to do it.

I'm known for my handwritten notes.

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.

Once a year I try writing a poem, usually because I've read some poetry that amazed me and I want to do that.

There is no one and there will never be anyone like you.

Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order