I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.

Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.

If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your children, you're in their lives all the time. Leave them alone! Let them grow and make some mistakes. Tell them, "You can come home. My arms are here - and my mouth is too." When you really love them, you don't want to possess them. You don't say, "I love you and I want you here with me."

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.