Only God can judge me so I'm gone, either love me or leave me alone.

Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you.

Remind yourself. Nobody built like you, you design yourself.

Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same.

You not feeling me, fine. It costs you nothing, pay me no mind.

A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who.

Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow.

I seen the worst of the worst. I deserve every blessing I receive I'm from the dirt.

You can pay for school, but you can't buy class

Everybody can tell you how to do it but they never done it

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.

The episode of The Fresh Prince in Bel-Air when Will Smith's father disses him. That's sadder than when Mufasa died.

The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.

It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses or "caves in.

I'm trying to create artwork that makes people, and myself, think about judgment as a reflex. This is something that must be changed.

Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their lives.

Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted.

Statistics are the heart of democracy.

Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid.