The leaders that the world admires seem almost all to be people who haven't had things quite so smooth or easy in their lives.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

I wish my life were a movie and I could take it into the editing room and totally cut this part out. And some other parts. Some other parts definitely need to be cut.

your failure to acknowledge the existence of God makes you worst than the devil.

As far as it is your opinion it is not wrong, what matters is that it is your opinion.

No country is so peaceful as the one that leads into death. Life arches above one's head like a bridgespan, and below it flows the water, carries the boat, takes it further.

The real alchemy is transforming the base self into gold or into spiritual awareness. That's really what new alchemy's all about.

I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way.

People use technology only to mean digital technology. Technology is actually everything we make.

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

I'd define my everyday style as put together, but also comfortable. A great pair of jeans and a cute top can be so versatile.

I know you're frustrated that he's keeping you locked up like this, but don't give him too bad a time when he gets back. He loves you more than you know. It terrifies him to be away from you.