You're trying to just leave the world a little better.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.

Their screams would echo through the house and reverberate against my eardrums until my mind would fracture. Years went by and with each fracture

One problem with today's culture is that we defend too many rights and ignore too many wrongs.

its better to get hurt now than to get hurt later.

I am a child of the American Century, and I feel a genetic commitment to understanding why it happened, and why I take it so personally.

Liking interesting things doesn't make you interesting.

It feels great to discover a planet, just like any discovery in science, except that it has more of the feel of exploration - you can go back and look at it. However, I can never visit.

I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world.

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.

why haven't we seventy lives? One is no use.