Truth is simply whatever you can bring yourself to believe.

Some truth has no nourishment in it.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.

Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne.

"The good old days." The only good days are ahead.

I believe racism has killed more people than speed, heroin, or cancer, and will continue to kill until it is no more.