You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.

I believe God spoke to you at cliffs. Her hand came to rest on the top of my head. But perhaps you weren't truly listening

Does your love reach this far, God? And if it extends to heaven and beyond… why can’t it seem to find me?

Life can be hard in the real world.

My fate is like those envelopes – sealed and tossed aside.

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.

Much of human communication is a monologue delivered to anyone who will listen. A real dialogue allows many to express and has the chance of leading to more discovery.•

The basic success orientation is having an optimistic attitude.

When I leave her, I will have few regrets. But those that I have, are magnificent.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It's quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It's quite extraordinary.

I can't do anything with what's happened in the past. I have to just go forward with the most awareness I can going forward and trying to be the best I can be for our team.