When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to find me.

Forgiveness is the key to the recovery of the soul.

People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

Discipline is the servant of inspiration.

The music was as much a gift as sunshine, as rain, as any blessing ever prayed for.

You live your life between your ears.

My color is my joy and not my burden.

Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.

African Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.

Something inside me stops the moment I see a mighty mountain.

When you open your mind, you let happiness in.

Equality is to be found only in the spiritual dignity of man

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore though they should fall immediately they had better aim at something high.

It's true that a smile can take years off a person - not that such a thing matters in Yoko Ono's case.

Asia's culture has planted its roots all over the world, and also has roots in my personal culture.

The Gospel is like a caged lion; you don't have to defend it - just let it out of the cage.

When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Greed has replaced religion as the national religion, and with greed comes envy.