One has to learn contentment, forgiveness, and purpose on her own before the universe allows her to share her happiness with another soul.

I wasn’t crying, but my heart was crying. I wasn’t feeling, but my heart was bleeding. Now I am crying, but my heart is healing. I am learning that I know nothing.

I’ve learned to turn life’s setbacks into opportunities for creation.

Polygamy simply says, “You are not enough.

It is amazing how women spend too much time and energy scheming, plotting and seducing men when they should spend more time listening, learning and getting over desperation.

What do we do after things fall apart? Do we run to the familiar once again? Do we attempt to numb the pain with distractions? What do we do after things fall apart?

A woman who is not happy with herself can never be happy for someone else." -Toyi Ward

The free world cannot afford to accept any form of extremism, whether it is fascism, racism or religious extremism.

Back in the 1960s Africa not only fed itself, it also exported food. Not anymore.

He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

I love talking about myself.

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.

The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.

Courage isn't inside; it's external. It comes from someone else telling you they believe in you.

I've spent so much time making sure I don't underestimate my opponents that I've forgotten it's just as dangerous to overestimate them as well.

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the Republicans live off the Democrats.