I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

The knowledge that we have brother scouts working in the same uniform, to the same ends, in the same way, in all corners of the Empire, cannot but make scouts proud of their brotherhood, and cannot fail to bring them into closer sympathy.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

Some of the most moving experiences I’ve had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights.

Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

There are folks who now know black families – like the Johnsons on ‚Black-ish‘ or the folks on ‚Modern Family.‘ They become part of who you are. You share their pains. You understand their fears. They make you laugh, and they change how you see the world.

Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don’t care what your job is, you’re not gonna talk down to me, you’re not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I’m a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Never elated when someone’s oppressed, never dejected when another one’s blessed.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Racism is real in this country.

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as ‚us‘ and ‚them‘ – he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above… he knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas… he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Remember, it’s as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You’re not going to get too many surprises if you only focus on the stuff that fits inside the box that you know.

The kindness that’s been shown to me, by doctors as well as my family and my friends, it’s really saved my life.

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that’s a violation of basic human rights.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom.

Won’t it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.

Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world’s diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up – or else we all go down.

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.

Love… it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God’s creation, woman, the object of our lust.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

When I do a picture and it’s 90% black, like ‚Bird,‘ I use 90% black people.

Let’s teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

We still have many neighborhoods that are racially identified. We still have many schools that even though the days of state-enforced segregation are gone, segregation because of geographical boundaries remains.

And every human being is precious.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they’re all welcome, because to me, church is a place you’re supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.