It is never my custom to use words lightly. If 27 years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.

Power concedes nothing without a demand.

To give hope to someone occurs when you teach them how to use the tools to do it for themselves

“A committee takes hours to put into minutes what can be done in seconds.”

I may not know everything, but everything is not known yet anyway.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Your journey is not a race; it's a personal evolution. Honor your progress and trust the process.