Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real.

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.

Wisdom’s Pearl doth often dwellClosed in Fancy’s rainbow shell

Strategic Thinking starts with the end in mind.

too much safety is abhorrent to the nature of a human being.

What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.

Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.

A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.

The persons you long for, who have gone to heaven before you, will be waiting for you when you die. They will be ready to comfort you and escort you to heaven.

A fact acquires its true and full value only through the idea which is developed from it.

The designer's role in the development, application and protection of the trademark may be described as pre-creative, creative and post-creative.

I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.