Through the centuries, we faced down death by daring to hope.

One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.

Don't let the man bring you down.

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.

In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.

'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in our clouds, or we wouldn't be here. If the rainbow is in the clouds, then in the worst of time, there is the possibility of seeing hope... We can say 'I can be a rainbow in the cloud for someone yet to be.' That may be our calling.