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

racism is alive and doing too well in America.

The more we pull together toward a new day, the less it matters what pushed us apart in the past.

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

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

An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.

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