Each of us must do whatever we have a passion to do.

You are richer for doing things.

I think we are able to keep active provided we approach our lives with creativity. I think the mere fact that we keep doing is self-creating.

I found out what the secret to life is - friends. Best friends.

Schooling is a manufacturing process whereby the raw material called curious boys is turned into products called obedient men.

If you've ever made change in the offering plate, you might be a redneck.

If I had my way...We would lock ourselves away from that madness out there.

I don't want to just die a normal death, I wanna be killed twice.

I feel that all revolutionary causes should start with addressing misogyny.

The choice is: the Universe...or nothing.

Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.

To achieve longevity you will have cycles. No one gets there in one straight shot.

In contrast to New Orleans, there was only minimal looting after the horrendous 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan - because, when you get down to it, Japanese aren't blacks.

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother's voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet.