I think we should appreciate ethnicity and diversity, and appreciate the uniqueness of all people, but I don't think we should be ethnocentric. These things are not ultimate.

Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in.

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

Why live for the approval of men when you can have the approval of their Creator? What can they give you that God can't?

We all need grace in the face of each other.

I'm always going to be a student. I'm always learning. I'm always trying to grow. I'm always trying to understand. I never want to feel like I've arrived.

Never assume people's motives. It's the easiest way to find yourself upset over nothing or misjudging people