“Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,”

With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is not a leader whose way is that of violent public outbursts.

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.

What hell condemned, let heaven now heal.

Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for self-realization, subdued passions for overwhelming beauty,

That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.

Terrorism, and political chaos that have characterized the beginning of the 21st Century.

Even when muddy your wings sparkle bright wonders that heal broken worlds.

Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as shared sexual attraction.

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

The best of humanity’s recorded history is a creative balance between horrors endured and victories achieved, and so it was during the Harlem Renaissance.

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one’s being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s

Nation-building is never a ‘done deal’ confined to history already established.

In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.

An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.

At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both.

I don’t know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream.

Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).

Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them – certain traits, certain places where you don’t let the world go.

My mother would kill me if I posed nude! My mother raised me with certain standards.

There is nothing on earth that could ever make me want to relive certain years of my life when I was young.