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

Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.

Every journey begins with a single step.

I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angry and burning in anger, but I have never been bitter. Bitterness is a corrosive, terrible acid. It just eats you and makes you sick.

Determine to live life with flair and laughter.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

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!"