..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as he encourages them not to look at hip-hop as their salvation.

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

I don't worship the Bible, I worship the God who gave the Bible.

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was more than the sum of his artistic parts.

My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.

Donald Trump amplifies the worst instincts. And his nationalism is really a white racist supremacist nationalism.

All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we point the finger at somebody else, because four more fingers are pointing back at us.

We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.

The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.

I was very struck when Min. Farrakhan said if Jesus and Muhammad were here today, they'd be embracing each other. That's a tremendous message that needs to be heard more broadly.

In case you never get a second chance: don't be afraid!" "And what if you do get a second chance?" "You take it!

It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

If I have to die, then it's best to do so before I see everything I love, the land, the animals, the people, all of it destroyed.

Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere. -Nana Komatsu

What if someone gave a war and Nobody came?

Tomorrow you will belong to someone else," Finn said. "But tonight, you're with me

The lack of economic freedom could be a very major reason for loss of liberty, liberty of life.

Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day, the sleepier you will feel at bedtime.

And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.