The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.

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.

Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.

If you don't wear lipstick, I can't talk to you. You need to have lips - they are important for getting men.

Never played a video game. Actually, I try to keep them out of my house.

The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows of and senses in the universe.

I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life.

As an actor, you always want to try new things, so the fact that they set it up so that you can be doing different things each season is great.

Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins, Mothers are the pivot on which the world spins.

All human suffering concerns each human being.