Good people can do bad things, make bad decisions. It doesn't make them bad people.

I cannot tell the truth about anything unless I confess being a student, growing and learning something new every day. The more I learn, the clearer my view of the world becomes.

You can't have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

The most fundamental truth to be told in any art form, as far as Blacks are concerned, is that America is killing us.

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.'

No. Don't never go looking for love girl. Just wait. It'll come. Like the rain fallin' from the heaven, it'll come. Just don't never give up on love.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

If you know who you are, it reduces your fear of trials

The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions.

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

I am sure antidepressants, drugs, and liquor have their place. But so far, that place is in others, not me.

I loved being in the Senate. That was a wonderful experience.

The romance of the old West vanished so fast and so few ever did anything with it. Does it make you realize the importance of Art and how the main knowledge of history is through Art alone?

Few men are wantonly wicked.

All effort is in the last analysis sustained by the faith that it is worth making.

Listen, someone's screaming in agony- fortunately I speak it fluently