I think we must never, ever demonize one another. That's true not just black people to black people; that's human being to human being.

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.

My mind couldn't fit itself around the shape of his absence.

Jade blinked. It was only for a fraction of a second but she could have sworn the the house had changed shape.

If a vast majority of the population identify and embrace the nation’s value system, then that nation is automatically great. Because they will live out these values in their daily life.

Robert Pattinson reads all of the time and he refers so many great books.

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands

My first debate in high school--"Resolved: Girls are no good"--and I won!

Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.

I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work and just trying to make discoveries and let the painting evolve.

The unexpected and unpredictable is real.

The mind gives us thousands of ways to say no, but there's only one way to say yes, and that's from the heart.