The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people.

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.

Martin Lawrence had no filter, and to me that was the greatest half hour of all time. Martin was ahead of his time.

Africa's salvation doesn't lie in begging and begging for more aid, and as an African, I find it very, very humiliating.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.

It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar.

There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue.

Slowly, painstakingly, like ants, men would make their paths and civilization and their wars once again, only to have it wash away again.

If I had to choose, I'd choose my friends over my career.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

The less literate are the first to fail and drop out of school.