For while spirituality has the dynamic to transcend and transform culture, it invariably expresses itself in and through culture.

Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition. (from Workbook)

Write out of love. Your piece will finish itself.

I learnt years ago not to use logic to understand African politics.

The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

I don't ever land on an album title until I know exactly what's going on the record, because you never know until it's all said and done.

Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?

Owning your curves means being confident - actually being confident - in your own skin.