"America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live."

"We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences, until difference makes no difference anymore."

"The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on."

"What the statistics don’t tell us is the closeness of the relationship. Hispanic families are very cohesive, spending much time together."

"Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman."

"None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath."

"You lose a lot of time, hating people."

"If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die."

"People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and ‘perks.’ We don’t always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they’re needed, there’s not much else to do except let them do the work."

"We really are fifteen different countries and it's really remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham—both are certain they are the real American."