Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

Be patient in life, knowing that there is a real possibility that the desired outcome could happen without your direct involvement.

When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced.

For everything sacred has the substance of dreams and memories, and so we experience the miracle of what is separated from us by time or distance suddenly being made tangible.

No wonder being a real Christian isn't popular. Who wants to suffer so they can find joy?" ~ Dianne Simmons

While I live, no rich or noble knave shall walk the world in credit to his grave.

We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it.

Parents can offer their help by suggesting and locating resources likely to be unfamiliar to children, such as people, books, andmaterials that can be useful.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.

I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.