And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.

Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.

Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.

At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.

Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his own passions

One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us.

May you always walk in Beauty.

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

Behold this day. It is yours to make.

Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe, It is every where.

Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Jamaican or I'm Ghanaian. America doesn't care.

People always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

That deep, can-still-taste-her-in-my-mouth sleep.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.

Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

We're so obsessed with [big] data, we forget how to interpret it.

I'm still very close friends with his first wife, Neile, who is now remarried.

Makeup is scary. When I do it myself, it's just mascara, and sometimes I forget even to do that.