We live in a world where people are fearful of extremism, but Martin Luther King would say he was always trying to keep the flow of love in place. In that sense, he turned the world on its head.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

I don't believe in the elimination of evil. But I believe in fightin' against evil.

what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas.

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.

Optimism is evidence-based.

Affirmative action is something that I think is very crucial and necessary.