I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with that is, I'm convinced that everybody is a child of God. . . . I weep a lot. I thank God I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.

It's true. I can do anything and do it well because God loves me. It still humbles me.

I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away - I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up!

People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.