In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise.

They who have health have hope; and they who have hope, have everything.

Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.

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

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

The Holy Spirit upon my left leads my feet without ceasing into the camp of the righteous and into the tents of the free.

I would ask every man and every woman who's had the blessing of having children, 'Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?' To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, 'I forbid you from loving this person'?