Anywhere where the humanity of people is undermined, anywhere where people are left in the dust, there we will find our cause.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

As the victim, you offer the gift of your forgiving to the perpetrator who may or may not appropriate the gift but it has been offered and thereby it liberates the victim.

Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.

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

Life is funny and we are really funny, especially when we get to be hoity toity; we can be so ridiculous. Life is fun.

I often accompanied my father. I really liked riding with him on his bicycle on Saturdays. He was very fond of fishing. I don’t think I liked fishing. I mean, you had to sit quietly and still, but I enjoyed the ride. And it was fun, it was fun. I mean, as I say, you didn’t go around lugging a deep sense of resentment. We knew, yes, we were deprived. It wasn’t the same thing for white kids, but it was as full a life as you could make it. I mean, we made toys for ourselves with wires, making cars, and you really were exploding with joy!