Being formed into a nation takes some doing.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

True love comes from the heart and not from the words.

We hurt people, when we give ourselves more value than others.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

That's one thing that you notice in New York that you don't notice in LA is how much music is all over the place.

Conservatively, I am saying that social networking has made being in a band more fun, but not necessarily changed how the business works.

To the patriots I say this: Take that long eternal look. Stand up for freedom, no matter what the cost. Stand up and be counted. It can help to save your soul-and maybe your country.

The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.

I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.

Sports are not about awards or world championships, though those are great. They're about the relationships we have with each other.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.