My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

Do not lose faith, it only lead to fear.

I killed the Google Alert I used to have on myself two years ago. I don’t need any more information about myself. I get more than enough of that just by being me.

I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.

A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

Except for the violin pieces and a few of my orchestra pieces, all of my works from the Passacaglia on relate to the death of my mother.

I had some friends here from North Carolina who'd never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple.

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.

I am not who you thik I am,' I say. 'Who are you?' 'I am number Four.