We worship God through our questions.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

I try to remember what I have too often forgotten to my peril: as far as teaching goes, when all you are is right, what you really are is in trouble.

Post kept bound books with typed lists of gifts sent and received ... jeweler Harry Winston sent her a box of cheese

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

Some of us are born with a sense of loss. It is not acquired as we grow. It is already there from the beginning, and it pervades us throughout our lives.

The races are in fact disappearing, although the process will require thousands of years at present rates

The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith in God.

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.

Men should keep their eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.

You get to decide what energy you choose to download in any moment. No one but you gets to decide who you wish to be.