"Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people."

“I really like to take the time to build things slowly and surely - to get more grounded. But it never felt for certain, like, "One day people will listen to me!" It was more like, "Perhaps I've got something to say." So it feels fantastic. It's good to take the time to think, to find, to search.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Everything in the world had happened to them and kept on happening. They didn't care. They liked it that way.”

“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.”

Source : BETTY SMITH (1947). “A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN MAGGIE NOW”

“Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.”

“What is so striking in the book of Jeremiah is how many times it is impossible to distinguish between the words of Jeremiah and the words of God, when deep feelings are being expressed. That is probably intentional. The prophet not only speaks what God says, he also feels what God feels. The tears of the prophet are the tears of God.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com

“I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.”

Source : "J.C. Watts exits political arena". Interview with Paul Begala, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

“Nobody can refuse a person who comes and asks for a job. Nobody can refuse a poor man when he goes and asks for food. Nobody can stop any Indian if he asks a question of his government. This is what the Congress party and the UPA have done over the last 10 years.”

“Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.”