Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death.
I saw my hometown burning that day.
As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.
I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.
Why can't we all just get along?
I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.
I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.
The relief that is afforded to mere want, as want, tends to increase that want.
I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you.
Life is short And pleasures few And holed the ship And drowned the crew But o! But o! How very blue the sea is.
One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and we've neglected, for example, developing our own economy, our own energy sectors, our own education system. And it's very hard for us to project leadership around the world when we're not doing what we need to do.