Michael Jackson was part of that tremendous wave in the ocean of human expression and it happened to be located first and foremost in Gary, Indiana, working class.

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.

You are what you believe

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.

Destroy yourself, if you don't know!

Love--that divine fire which was made to light and warm the temple of home--sometimes burns at unholy altars.

When it comes down to it, determination has a greater impact than giftedness.

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

The mind is hopeful; success is in God's hands. [Lat., Sperat quidem animus: quo eveniat, diis in manu est.]

For me mindfulness is like building a house, so the next time the tsunami that is depression comes I'll have a structure in place to resist it.