We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of. I knew I knew very little, but I was certain that the things I had yet to learn wouldn't be taught to me at George Washington High School.

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.

You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!

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

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.