When I love somebody, I like him to be around; I like him to take me out to dinner; I like to look at the sunset with him. But if not, I love him and I hope he's looking at the same sun I am. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. Some of this wisdom came to me after I was 50 or 60.

If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.

Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

I'm a descendant of someone bought and sold, and brought in 1619 in what was to become the United States.

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.