There are things that must evoke our anger to show we care. It is what we do with that anger. If we direct that energy we can use it positively or destructively.

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.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.

I know that Oprah and I mean a lot to each other... I know at all times I have somebody that I can count on always.

Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.

To influence others must keep growing themselves.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

The greatest crime is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.

I have the rematch that I wanted. I'm going to knockout a Mexican and I will reconquer my title

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

Colin stared at the officer. “Thorne, you scare me. I’m not ashamed to say it.