I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

Never, never let a person know you're frightened. And a group of them ... absolutely never. Fear brings out the worst in everybody.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

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.

Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise thing to do, I can just think of my grandmother. I can always hear her say, "Now sister, you know what's right. Just do right!"