Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.

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.

So fair a victor, how can I help but be conquered.

I may not be able to help you as much as I want, but I promise I will help you as much as I can.

Never make the first move." - Loor (The Rivers of Zadaa)

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

If gifted with unbelief, even when the train of success stops at your doorstep you will still miss it.

Sixty-five countries doing nothing is not a coalition. We need a strategy. That's the first and foremost thing that we need.

Optimism is a choice. Cynicism isn't smarter - it's just safer.

A revolution is bloody. Revolution is hostile. Revolution knows no compromise. Revolution overturns and destroys everything that gets in its way.

I believe that painting should come through the avenues of meditation rather than the canals of action.

I’m a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.