I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.

Terrorism is not new to black people.

The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.

But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

You're in love, that's what your problem is.

Too much study depletes the soul of its strength.

If you wanted to be average, you would not be reading this book.

We have a hostage to pay ransom for in the morning so we can use him as ransom when we meet other kidnappers in the afternoon.

To understand the principle of love is to eradicate wrong acts

God is a pure no-thing, concealed in now and here; the less you reach for him, the more he will appear.

The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember.

Of every moment I've ever not-lived through, this one is the best

In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object.