True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

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.

You need to grow up, and realize what it is you need right now, and what you can live without.

Who exactly am I saving from shame, when I’ll live and die in every possible way?

I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

Our true identity is to love without fear and insecurity. Our higher potential finds us when we set our course in that direction. The power of love and compassion transforms insecurity.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

As the farmer said, "I'm not greedy, all I want is the land next to mine.

I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave.

Music played a large role in the survival of the black people in America — that and a sense of humor that just couldn't be enslaved.

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.