To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

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.

It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times. Never give up. Good things are coming your way.

But I want to assure you, if it’s your last day on earth, even after 2, 000 years, I strongly suggest you go for the Versace leaf halter dress.

You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure.

There is no shame in loving: it is the sign of a generous heart, and pain the price of an open soul.

The writing and making of each of my albums has been such a different beast each time, so I'm interested in seeing what kind of animal the fourth one turns out to be!

The more we know, the more pain we have. But because we are human beings, this must be. Otherwise we become objects rather than subjects.

The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.

There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand.

Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.