In order to be effective, be responsive. In order to be responsive, listen.

Imagination belongs to hope. It’s the creative dance of possibility.

Hope dreams into being what is possible but not yet formed.

If I’m going to have hope, I’m going to have to learn to endure disappointment.

A wish is a single unit of hope. It’s a single request for something I dearly desire.

Hope requires waiting. Waiting requires patience.

Don't be afraid that things are changing, because indeed they always are.

Without hope, I wouldn’t even try. Hope lifts me to consider new possibilities so I can stay the course of my desire, no matter what.

We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.

Given that I don’t know anything, when I am making up stories about the future, why not make it a good story instead of a scary one?

When I act, I act on behalf of who or what I love. Even when I have to fight against something, it is because of what I value and love.

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.

The evil is so ubiquitous in terms of objectification of all of us, that one can say that almost about any TV and even radio show.

I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.

Only he who crosses the stream of life wishes to know what is known as unknowable.

Those who operate through the Holy Spirit are more equipped to resist temptation.

You have to do it by yourself. You can not do it alone.

I didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature.