Truth is fine. Absolutely.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

The gods speak to us, and irony is their language.

Do not be a one in a million person, be a once in a lifetime individual.

The best values today are often found in the stocks that were once hot and have since gone cold.

Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.

Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel.

Facing a difficulty requires a willingness of heart.

I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.