A leader is someone you are not disappointed in placing trust in. When that person makes suggestions, you are inclined to trust [them]. Often it is people who have been there [in a similar situation to the people he or she is leading]. They would generally be people who are ready to take the risks themselves. Most leaders would be people who don't ever give commands and remain at home and let the foot soldiers be the ones who bear the brunt.

Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that is an illegitimate use of race.

Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity

When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

You think sometimes that maybe if the person who hurt you is clobbered you will feel a little better. But it actually doesn't.