We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants.

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.

God is alive, real, and wants to heal you in every aspect of your life where you are hurting.

The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know about yourself.

Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands.

My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious

My own mask stayed just where it ought. I’ve had lots of practice.

There are portions of Malibu that are very remote; it's like living in the country somewhere.

I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay - but not together.

[Louis] Brandeis is often painted as an acolyte of judicial restraint, or the view that judges should uphold laws whether or not they like them.

The Universe will now be set right. Made over to fit my unique view of what should be. Let Nihilism reign supreme!