if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.

the trouble with a woman standing behind her man is that she can't see where she is going!