Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.

African American patriotic heroism is always a curious spectacle. Often white political observers and politicians will praise Black people for their bravery, privately in awe of a people who continue to risk their lives for a country that will still barely let them vote.

I've still got to do something to help, however tiny it is. I always think of the old Hebrew saying, which is translated roughly into, 'He who saves one life saves the world,' because it's pretty ghastly to think of all the people we're not saving.

We all know fear. But passion makes us fearless.

I had build up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.