Black people have been working hard for decades.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

The way you see yourself and others will significantly impact your ability to give your time, treasure or talents.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed.

When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

I think what you've seen from Donald Trump is this whole election cycle, there's been a level of misogyny that has become certain and fixed.

The sooner every party breaks up the better.

If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.

I've been down a long road, but I promise you, it gets better.

Thoughts and feelings are suspended in a vacuum unless they instigate and feed the selected actions, and it is the characters actions which reveal the character in the play.