No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

I don't require myself or anyone to go beyond what they feel they can do. I just do suggest - for their own eventual happiness - that they go as far as they can. They can usually go much further than they think.

A burnt finger remember the fire.

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

Human compassion is equal to human cruelty, and it is up to each of us to tip the balance.

My great-great-great-grandmother walked as a slave from Virginia to Eatonton, Georgia... It is in memory of this walk that I chose to keep and to embrace my "maiden" name, Walker.