I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.

I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.

To find people who don't want anything is rare.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.