Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

When you know better you do better.

A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.