My books are water

If you don't believe God has forgiven you, you are actually saying that God needs to do more for your forgiveness, and that Jesus' sacrifice was not enough.

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else.

And, as my father used to tell me growing up, "Play it beautiful, play it beautiful." He said, "I don't care if you don't hit all of the notes. If you don't move a person's heart, it's not music."

The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students.

Through unity of action we can be a veritable colossus in support of peace. No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves. Every one of us must be guided by this truth.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

Living requires but little life; doing requires much.

Faced with the way the system does you in the 'hood sometimes, if you don't literally get out, your chances are slim. You'll definitely die mentally. You'll pretty much die physically.

The authentic religion teaches you to discover your immortality, to discover the god within you.

Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.