I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful

When someone places more value in saving money, than the value they place in saving Life, they have “misplaced” their values.

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

I don't know what people think in making record is like. But basically, I got a bunch of spaghetti and spaghetti sauce, and the whole band was staying at my house and we had a ball.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

I dont think you can look for love. All you can do is get yourself in a situation where you dont discourage something that may be rather nice.

Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations thats still surviving.

The absence of Saddam is a huge weight off the Arab world.

I'm not living under false delusions myself.

The only unforgivable sin is deliberate cruelty.