My color is my joy and not my burden.

As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

You live your life between your ears.

Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.

To be a good pastor one must have the wisdom of a Solomon, the intuition of a Newton, the patience of Job, the thinking faculties of an Einstein, and a compassion likened unto the Son of God.

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.

It's stupid. There are maps to show you how to get to the place where you want to be but no maps that show you how to get to the time when you want to be.

I always start tours with a great deal of anticipation.

Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate to hearse when Lycid lies.

How do you make a small fortune in the wine business? Start with a large fortune and buy a winery.

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

I have fun every day. The game is supposed to be fun.

Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.

I don't have to go very far to see the power of beauty. Being desired, feeling desired is a very seductive aspect of our being.