White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost.

Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent.

Demands for equality need to be as complicated as the inequalities they seek to address.

No man of God does something against the Lord

Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.

The romance of life begins and ends with two blank pages. Age and extreme old age.

The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen - I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year.

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there is money or the want of money, but money is always on the brain so long as there is a brain in reasonable order.

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

There is a horse here-the furthest north of any horse, and he eats fish and travels on snowshoes.