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.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.

If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your children, you're in their lives all the time. Leave them alone! Let them grow and make some mistakes. Tell them, "You can come home. My arms are here - and my mouth is too." When you really love them, you don't want to possess them. You don't say, "I love you and I want you here with me."