Loneliness is the prison of the human spirit. When we are lonely, we pace back and forth in small, shut-in worlds.

God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live, to love and enjoy the challenge. God's formulas are roadmaps to freedom and peace. God is saying to us: "The only way to live is to be free. So save your heart for love and save your love for persons. Don't ever let any 'thing' own you. Don't let money or fame or power or the pursuit of pleasure put a ring in your nose and lead you around. Love persons and use things." And of course, this is the only way to live, to be free.

Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.

There are only two potential tragedies in life, and dying young isn't one of them. These are the two real tragedies: If you go through life and you don't love ... and if you go through life and you don't tell those whom you love that you love them.

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

He who has no inclination to learn more will be very apt to think that he knows enough.

If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.