Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.

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.

It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings.

The masses-I love em-they rush for red lights, risking everything to capture a few seconds, only to get home and waste their lives.

Just how good are you?”He kissed her. “I’ll let you be the judge of that.

Whoever thought a tiny candy bar should be called fun size was a moron.

The critics don't interest me because they're concerned with what's past and done, while I'm concerned with what comes next.

I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.

People believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.

Someone gave me wishes and I wished for an embrace.

If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.