The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it.

If you do not like anything, alter it. If you can not change it, adjust your mindset. Will not complain.

Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind.