There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.

When you are obedient to God, He fills you with His Spirit and empowers you to do all He asks of you.

One bright sunny day at a successful Literary Agency…Literary Agent: “So, Tina – we asked you to try and write a children’s story…”Tina: “Uh-huh.

I've already done everything there is to do. Now it's just a matter of doing what I love to do.

We need to listen to one another.

Poker is meant to be enjoyed.

Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

If you do not clean up, you won't be stronger in the long run.

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence.