God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by teari….

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be t….

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a bea….