Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.

Yesterday is a memory and tomorrow is a dream. Today is the day to make your mark—to make a difference.

For tolls too briefly the sounds of mercy... In fear we ponder the use of thunder for peace

You've evolved when you realize the effect that your positive contributions to others create ripples of humanity in the sea of life.

You can tell that the capitalist system is in trouble when people start talking about capitalism.

…there was something about her that made you feel it was safe to tell her secrets.

Never put your business in the hands of one person or a select few. People leave. People die. People forget.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.

You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer - listening to the voice of the one who calls you "the beloved."

At the same time, you see in those studies, you see the emergence of various movements among black youth that are really challenging the ideology of neoliberalism since the 1980s.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Grace does not cancel out our responsibility or accountability for the things God has given us to do.

I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful.