Scientists and artists are the world's noticers. Their job is simply to notice what other people cannot.

The best way to learn is to teach

There are two things that people [are surrounded by and] avoid trying to understand. One is music, and the other is electricity.

Nobody ever flunked a science museum

Fear not! The Lord will rescue and deliver you.

Sand by the seashore is inestimable.

You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.

The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.

Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.

Christians in this country have found themselves under selective assault. God has, almost overnight, been removed from the educational, legal, and political institutions of the country.

We must realize that nature is absolutely essential for our survival, and we must act on that premise now.

I couldn't get any jobs, and when that happens, you get so humble it's disgusting. I didn't feel like a man anymore -- I felt really creepy. I was bumping into walls and saying, Excuse me.

Black Realism or cosmopolitan black politician is a code word to say this is a black person that is not tied to a civil rights/black power traditional black politics.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.