If I can't do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I want to do. It's not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.

But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

The nature of tragedy and accident is that we cannot predict.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.