Martin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

I prefer the skylineof a shelf of books.

Teaching is not a lost art but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

The heart is just the heart; thoughts and feelings are just thoughts and feelings. Let things be just as they are.

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.

If stupid hurt, the whole planet would be a world of pain.

With money, who needs friends?

We live in the future. Even the happiness of the present is made up mostly of that delightful discontent which the hope of better things inspires.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.

I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.

To increase speed you must increase the amount of rest, peace, calmness that you can maintain. That is the secret to playing fast.