I'm still learning, you know. At 80, I feel there is a lot I don't know.

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.

The best thing about living... Is the chance to keep on doing it!

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Nobody black or white who really believes in democracy can stand aside now; everybody's got to stand up and be counted.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

You wouldn't be allowed to get on a particular bus, but you'd be asked to sign your autograph.

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way. But the slanting process is so subtle that you frequently don't realize how you're being slanted until very late in the game.

I found out along the way that they like you a little imperfect.

Old religious dogma attempts to convince you that you are on a journey to God, then makes you pay tolls along that roadway.

Reading is a staple of life, like bread or water. Or chocolate.

The difference between an ignorant fool shoveling manure in a bullpen, and a fool with a PhD, is that the fool with the PhD can shovel more of it, faster.

One Spirit Medicine opens the doors to the invisible matrix of wisdom where everything is intertwined, where every thought we have impacts every cell in our body and every molecule in the cosmos.

If your goals is to produce something of permanent value, you start to think differently about you want on the site.

I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going.

It is essential to practice spiritual disciplines along with academic studies.

Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.