The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance.

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.

I don't draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can't stand white supremacy. I can't stand male supremacy. I can't stand imperial subjugation. I can't stand homophobia.

Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance.

Education is soul crafting.

When black America is on the move, America is on the move.

To me, healing means you have to recognize there is a wound and you try to understand what the sources of the wound are, which means you try to tell a story about how it came to be. So you have to engage in some historical interpretation.