Art itself is underserved when we don't realize the power of it.

Hip-hop is still cool at a party. But to me, hip-hop has never been strictly a party; it is also there to elevate consciousness.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.

she stuck a bookmark in my heart and walked away

If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie. There are no other people. Race is a social construct.

Sometimes our thoughts and feelings are our most prized possessions... and then there are times to let go of your possessions and wander.

I surrendered my beliefs and found myself at the tree of life injecting my story into the veins of leaves only to find that stories like forests are subject to seasons

There is nothing more negligent than attempting to address a problem one finds on a branch than by censoring the leaves.

I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence.

Loving someone means that you will inevitable grieve for them

You are the most priced before God.Acknowledge this

Only the supernatural love of God through changed lives can solve the problems that we face in our world.

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.

I won and I get to scream and jump a little. But I got to go back to work tomorrow.

This is very much becoming a reality in churches across the country.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]

Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.

I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event.