It inspired a kind of Huck Finn moment when I decided it was better to risk hell than shrivel in the midst of a toxic Southern Baptist morality.

You are not entitled to stand or speak on behalf of the people or society, except that you are already provoked.

Without meditation, contemplation and skillful action, the anger lurking in your mind can becomethe (d)anger within your life."Leonard Perlmutter (Ram Lev)

What matters is that life is good. It has a lovely texture, like some rich cloth or fur, or the petals of flowers, and everything else worthwhile. And that's as true for the last man as the first.

Knowledge does not come through force. It can not be taken, it can only be freely received

Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea.

It's a simple idea: We all do better when we work together and invest in our future.

Place the team above yourself always.

Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists, poets, playwrights.

Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance. She put a hitch in my git-a-long.

I shift from one foot to the other, trying to get a good look at him. When I finally do, I look away. His eyes were already on me, probably drawn by my nervous movement.