As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

You live your life between your ears.

My color is my joy and not my burden.

Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.

Never give up. It might not seem easy at first but in the end, it will all be worth it

If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong

Live as though today is your last, love as though tomorrow will never come, and dream as if there are no limits.

Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for.

The true runner is a very fortunate person. He has found something in him that is just perfect.

We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.

Le de s ir de la prie' re est de j a' une prie' re. The wish for prayer is already a prayer.

One good maxim to keep in mind, and I can't remember who said it, "You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way."

I respect what I do deeply. I don't get nervous to the point of fear.

Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.