Sooner or later, we must all accept the fact that in a relationship, the only person you are dealing with is yourself.

When I say to you, sister-woman, 'You out of order', that isn't an attack on you. I know what I'm looking at. I'm looking at your life, and I see what's there.

Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.

In speaking the truth of your experience to another, it will serve you well to realize that how they choose to respond is not your responsibility.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

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.

When you have something to do life will not allow you to ove foward until you do it.