There's only one free person in this society, and he is white and male.

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go.

I have always respected everyone's religion. As I say, there is only one God and a lot of confused people.

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it.

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in deep trouble.

If you reach for something and find out it's the wrong thing, you change your program and move on.

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they were born and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then.

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom?

Craft the story now so you'll be proud to tell it later.

Don’t conform to those who have been overwhelmed by the tide of immorality sweeping our country!

Those leaders who are conscious of theirs and their organization's values are quick to take bold actions than those who aren't yet attuned.

She blew more smoke toward me, a lazy game of cancer catch.

She didn't even have to smile, and she rarely did outside her house--it was the eyes, her dancer's carriage, the way she seemed to deliberate over the smallest movement of her body.

If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

Any American strike will not destroy as much as the terrorists have already destroyed in Syria ; sometimes the repercussions could be many doubles the strike itself.

I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me.

The good thoughts you send out to others will return to you multiplied.

The universe may be as great as they say. But it wouldn't be missed if it didn't exist.