This journey has always been about reaching your own other shore no matter what it is, and that dream continues.

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.