The task of life is to face sacred moments.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Everything that happens is always for goodAnd that happened to me is for very good

If I live...I will live unafraid...I will live so all can see, I am not ashamed of who I am or what I'm designed to be!"-The Great Mephisto

I know there are a lot of expectations of me, and I will do the best I can.

Wasting time with the wrong person is just time wasted.

Parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, aunts and uncles are made more powerful guides and rescuers by the bonds of love that are the very nature of a family.

That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was left with -- an iPod each.

Sometimes I imagine a get-together where I introduce my family to my blogger friends and my blogger friends introduce my family to me.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

It's pretty unhealthy to obsess over what people think about you.