I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world.

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

God is light.

The mandate of the church is to promote kingdom expansion throughout the earth

DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can relate to himself without blushing.

Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.

I'm very interested, in all my books, in community, what binds people together, which I think is an obvious consequence of being the fourth of six children.

A good writer always works at the impossible.

A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.

It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining

Any woman can look her best if she feels good in her skin. It's not a question of clothes or makeup. It's how she sparkles.