My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. And through me - to a lot of people.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

At our best, we're all teachers