I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face.

Everyone is always looking for their beloved. Well, why can't you be your own beloved? Fall in love with yourself.

We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched certain Psalms and rote prayers into the fibers of my brain. However, somewhere deep inside of me, I had the secret belief that I did not know how to pray, and that frightened me.

As we learn to see each other through our spiritual eyes, the physical differences will cease to matter.

WE [black women] HAVE ADAPTED TO A SOCIETY THAT DOES'NT HONOR US.

Every choice you make supersedes and overrides every other choice you make.