If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happen for years. But when they do, I marvel. As in a shimmering kaleidoscope, familiar patterns keep unfolding

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.