When we allow ourselves to feel what we are feeling-without trying to understand it, explain it, or judge it-we reach a point where the true wisdom reveals itself.

When we stop resisting what we don't want to feel and embrace the state that we are in, we move through whatever it is SO much faster and find our way back to truth and clarity.

Life isn’t about the final destination or the accomplishments and accolades; it’s about the journey and the opportunities for learning—and how we grow as a result.

If you want to empower anyone else in your life, you need to start living the most empowered version of yourself first!

Once the wounded child awakens to its human self, a primal scream emerges from the depths of denial like the Kraken released from its underwater prison.

I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it.

Poems have their own fates, like children. You have only to give birth to them.

I've always found that the best travelers are the very same people who are intensely interested in the history and culture of their own home city.

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.

Every problem comes along with it's solution; the bigger the problem, the bigger the testimony. Cheer up!

As far as R&B, I listen to a lot of old school like the Temptations and Chris Brown.

It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits.

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.