Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians.

I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.

And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe that that happened to me, but I sat there, and I said to God, 'Well, if it means I'm going to die, that's OK.' I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

If I diminish you, I diminish myself

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.

God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.