We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.
You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.
I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.
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. – Aristotle.
There are various forms of weaponry, intellectual weaponry, spiritual weaponry, political weaponry, economic weaponry. Because we are on the battlefield, and there are bullets flying, some symbolic, some literal and the life of the mind is a crucial place where the battle goes on.
Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.
There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.
Fantasies are real. They have effects on your soul, even though, as I was too young to really step forward.
Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.
The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.