I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.

I try to make my mood uplifting and peaceful, then watch the world around me reflect that mood.

My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.

Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.

Your potential has no boundaries

And then he'd tried to become an official Atheist and hadn't got the rock-hard self-satisfied strength of belief even for that.

Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding.

ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.

I plan to surf more - learn the way of the wave.

Some teachers are extremely inaccessible. They feel their teachings are for very few so they make it intentionally hard to get to themselves.

No one can steal our dream.

The only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.

I'm also good at meditation. It involves doing nothing and everything at the same time.

It is impossible for me to conceive of a character more utterly detestable than that of the Hebrew god.