Life is education, it only end in death.

Aim for the stars. You will sooner reach the moon.

What you think of me is none of my business.

We are what we think.

I believe in miracles.

Love is stronger than hate.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We are what we are.

God is the Creator of all things.

Daily dance uplift the soul to spiritual realms.

A revived spirit, a renewed soul.

Good lyrics always drown me with them till they cease to flow.

...whatever God found worth creating we can find worth studying.

Never test good people because they are like diamonds. when you hit them, they will not break but they will only slip away from your life

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.

There is divine beauty in learning... To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps.

I want to move away from sampling records and just have it be quite minimal. I don't want any more hip-hop beats in there.

...Forgiving is not having to understand. Understanding may come later, in fragments, an insight here and a glimpse there, after forgiving.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people.