“Black Lives Matter. It is really that simple. Keep pushing. Keep listening.”

Nothing beats that sibling love.

Find people who share your vision and your dreams and partner up.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste, it’s something that truly exists in all of us.

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real, but fear is a choice.

I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

Boys laugh at what they put girls through – but they won’t be laughing when – they’re wiping tears off their daughters face for the same reason.

Just as a person, just in my life, the way I was raised, my grandmother made it very clear that God will make a way.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone.

When Prayers go up, Blessings come down.

I can’t run away when I’m scared. I always have to attack. That’s how I deal with seemingly difficult things.

Remember, don’t try to build the greatest wall that’s ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.

Your time and attention are two of your most precious commodities.

Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.

The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

I wish to raise a Black man who will not be destroyed by, nor settle for, those corruptions called power by the white fathers who mean his destruction as surely as they mean mine.

Black holes are where God divided by zero.

Whenever someone refers to me as someone “who happens to be black,” I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

When I find a colour darker than black, I’ll wear it. But until then, I’m wearing black!

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.