I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

Fear not of men because men must die. Mind over matter and soul before flesh.

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word.

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

I will scream as the sanity leaves my mind forever. I will scream...but there is no one there to hear me.

Do not gossip about monks and speak ill of spiritual teachers

In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn't sounded mean, they just sounded — self-confident. Something she wasn't.

So if it seems like you're doing something different from what everyone else is doing, and if sometimes that feels hard, this is a good thing, not a bad thing.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

Some people spend all their lives searching for their soul mates.

One-third of your plays are special teams, so to block a punt and get good field position out of it and score was big.

Everybody's heart is open, you know, when they have recently escaped from severe pain, or are recovering the blessing of health.

The immoderate cannot laugh moderately.