"Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching."

“Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.”

“This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.”

Source : Song: Give Me One Rreason, Album: New Beginning, 1995

“You can’t hate people unless you love them.”

“A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we're willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth.”

“Although I'm known for my long, colorful locs, I still don't take my hair too seriously. I experiment a lot, dyeing it and constantly switching styles to grab attention. My hair is one of my best accessories and changing it helps express who I am.”

Source : "Erykah Badu, Ledisi and Solange Cover ESSENCE's May Beauty Issue". Essence Interview, www.essence.com. Apil 1, 2014.

“If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished.”

“People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The ultimate mystery is one's own self.”