Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.

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.

Our values have led us where we are in life right now. We can't excel beyond the power behind our values that we have embraced...

It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.

We #fear our intuitions because we fear the transformational power within our revelations.

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.

Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion.

Thought is only a flash between two long nights, but this flash is everything.

I tend to come home and eat a bowl of cereal. I'm not thinking about baking a pie when I'm off work.

Bob Arum and Don King can do their thing but if I fought for those guys and they put the money up like they are supposed to then I don't have a problem.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

[On marriage:] It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings.