In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.

Change is not a threat to your life, but an invitation to live.

There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.

We must use what we have to invent what we desire.

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.

The beauty of darkness is how it lets you see.

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.

Until we know the assumptions in which we are drenched, we cannot know ourselves.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

Learning to let go is not giving up! It is simply passing the burden to a better fighter, so you can fight another day. (God)

‎All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

The Holy Bible is the greatest book.

If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves.

The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since the Second World War.

I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

I like the idea of having a little bit of a mystery about me.

The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy.