Each of us has the power and responsibility to become a rainbow in the clouds.

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.

I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.