I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

I think that, even if we forget each other, we'll remember in our dreams.

Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us yes but they haven't been true to themselves.

Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.

Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence.

I have everything in boxes. Thousands of those tapes. I've saved everything.

God is the Father who is full of mercy. God is the Father who is full of comfort. That is the kind of relationship he offers to you.

If you don't control the borders, it doesn't matter what immigration laws you have.