We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this reality and long for the safety and familiarity of sameness, inclusive ways of knowing and living offer us the only true way to emancipate ourselves from the divisions that limit our minds and imaginations.

Our freedom is sweet. It will be sweeter when we are all free.

The true teacher is within us. A good teacher is someone who can help you to go back and touch the true teacher within, because you already have the insight within you.

I think the number one thing Black women and all Black people should be paying attention to is our health.

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.

Young people are cynical about love. Ultimately, cynicism is the great mask of the disappointed and betrayed heart.

Most of us find it difficult to accept a definition of love that says we are never loved in a context where there is abuse.