At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

I believe everything is energy. I believe that the meal you serve yourself, you prepare, is energy. And if you serve it to your family, it's your gift of energy to them.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind.

All riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had.

I come as one, but stand as 10,000.

Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.