Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

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.

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.

My personal philosophy is that, as a parent, it is my job to find that balance of when my child is ready to try something on her own and when she needs help.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

I'm 100 percent clean. I'm doing this off of nuts and bananas.

You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

Librarian of Congress: It's a librarian's dream.

The original quality in any man of imagination is imagery.

If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

Don't be afraid of loneliness, because everything is a door; even loneliness is a door, it opens to somewhere!

It’s short-sighted to think ads won’t one day end up wherever humans are - even the moon.