We knew how to combine our strengths in order to overcome our weaknesses, and how to live off faith when nothing else was available.
It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.
A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.
Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth.
A true friend is not someone you have known the longest, but someone who walked into your life and never left.
Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries, but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity.
True freedom is not about being able to do anything you want, but about doing what is right and just.
Wisdom lies neither in fixating on the past nor worrying about the future but in embracing the present moment.
Peace is not so much about the absence of war as it is about the presence of people who speak up for justice.
