I love my cross-sectioned, cross-cultural audience. Some of them are doing better than the average guy, but my audience has always been people who are struggling to stay in the middle class.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

Once you enhance your inner vision with deep meditation, you may be able to see your inner beauty and inner universe.

You mean she doesn’t intend to blow me up before the ceremony?” said Kai, taking the box. “How disappointing.

Literature matters because it is how humanity, with all its losses and joys, can become a work of art.

He who writes is the martyr, seen through the eyes of the unassuming doll.

My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.

Banning someone for wanting to ban others is an inappropriate response.

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.

I wanted to see myself as something different, and I wanted to convince people that I was capable of something other than what they would expect from me.

Should I push him or should I throw him?" Howie asks. "Do what comes naturally," I yelled back. "I don't know," he says. "This is a very unnatural thing.

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.