Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower, looser standard?

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have."

When death takes your mother, it steals that word forever.

When hope is gone, time is punishment.

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.