Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

Have enough courage to love.

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.

When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.