To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

If you see this guy drowning, do not stop him, it might be Peter trying to walk on water reaching Christ.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

I like my coffee like I like my women. In a plastic cup.

As an anti-hunger advocate, I found the perplexity of the obesity problem and the hunger problem existing side-by-side in our increasingly global food system begged further investigation.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.

Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority.