I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

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

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.

If you have, give. If you learn, teach.

I know why the caged bird sings.