I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people.

A person doesn't have to change who he is to become better.

I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.

I am the me I choose to be.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

I set my star so high that I would constantly be in motion toward it.

Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it but it takes brains to build a house.

It's time to make important noise.

When life throws trials and tribulations towards you, shield your destiny with courage, faith and perseverance.

This is not one of your fictions where people bleed ink.

Without a vision to guide our path, and without ambition that knows no limits, we can never build a bright future for generations to come.

Like stones words are laborious and unforgiving and the fitting of them together like the fitting of stones demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill.

I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

You're capable of such beautiful dreams and such horrible nightmares.

Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to leave for our kids.

Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance