I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white.

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.'

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?

We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.

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