You lose a lot of time, hating people.

If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

Some say art is our highest form of hope. . . . Perhaps it's our only hope.

Every song may be someone's personal implement of torture.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.

I am not any hate-America person. I really came here for positive reasons.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.

Findability precedes usability. In the alphabet and on the Web. You can’t use what you can’t find.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.