Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Being the person I am, you know, the size I am, being a woman, being a black woman, there's not a lot of roles for us.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Prayer in Jesus' name puts the crowning crown on God, because it glorifies Him through the Son and it pledges the Son to give to men 'whatsoever and anything' they shall ask.

I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin.

It's not my fault if the media and the public are more interested in Tiger Woods than in women farm workers.

Successful people are people of (mo.ti.va.tion), motivation, and action.

The hand you hold the longest is your own.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.

The more successful you and your organization become, the more humble and devoted to your customers you need to be.

I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.