“My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.”

“Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.”

“Don't be managed by the likelihood of mishaps. Be motivated by the promise of favor!”

“Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.”

“Nothing will ever be solved if we wallow in the darkness of denial.”

“Keep your eyes and your mind open. Dont be blinded by filters like fear, uncertainty, pessimism and negativity.”

“My incentive? Making a peaceful spirit second nature. And that is so worth the effort.”

“Happiness will never flourish in a life bereft of optimism.”

“Never let fear of short term heartache interfere with your long term happiness.”

“Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.”

“The only honest way to approach the question of whiteness and blackness is to start by accepting that these are arbitrary categories that were invented in the 17th and 18th century in order to just...”

“I never asked Tolstoy to write for me, a little colored girl in Lorain, Ohio. I never asked [James] Joyce not to mention Catholicism or the world of Dublin. Never. And I don't know why I should be ...”

“Why does God ask traumatized people to look at the trauma they initiated through their sin and rebellion? For the same reason God asks us to: it is the truth, and we are free only when we lift up t...”