The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God. My pretty Black brother was my Kingdom Come.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.