Life without risks is like a burrito without Tabasco. Bland, but you’ll still fart.

I think it's the bravest thing in the world - to run straight at love, even knowing how badly you could get hurt.

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.

If you need counsel, start with the One who is both Counselor and King - the One who is the source of both wisdom and power.

More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.

We are creating a world where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity.

Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this.

I won't change my legs. because I'm contented with my long-legged.

I create the world that I live in.

The day I stop giving is the day I stop receiving. The day I stop learning is the day I stop growing. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.