I'm asking you not to be color blind, but to be color brave.

It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave.

Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.

The biggest risk of all is not taking one.

Observe your environment. Invite people into your life that don't look like you or think like you

Don't be color blind, be color brave. Embrace diversity as a competitive advantage.

Sometimes you have to crouch to conquer

If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it we'll have a better life.

White men make up 30% of America but they hold 70% of the board seats.

I know many members of our community steer clear of Wall Street because of the perception that the stock market is risky, but I am convinced the biggest risk of all is not taking one.

It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.

Why be alone when we can be together babyYou can make my life worthwhileAnd I can make you start to smile

There’s no such thing as ‘not enough time’ out here in the woods. I don’t even have a watch. Time is my own, categorised as nothing more than ‘morning, afternoon, evening and night’.

I spend about a year between novels

Raise your right palm: We do solemnly swear To stack more dough more calmly this year.

Here I am, a baseball superstar, falling into the pits, having everybody write you off, and then having God say, 'I'm going to use your mess for a message.' How beautiful is that?

I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

Everyday you wake up on the right side of the dirt is a good one.

My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.

My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.