I don’t think of myself as a writer who happens to be black. I think of myself as a black writer.

I'm the reason you're alive, I'm the reason you survive.

真正的美来自内心。

To write poetry is to capture the essence of life in words.

I'm just a regular guy, I just happen to rap really well.

To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it.

解析：佛家主张，众生皆具如来智慧德相，众生佛性本自具足。

The most valuable resource we have isn't in the ground - it's the people who show up every day to do the work.

Sir, where are you running? Are you doing this for world peace? Are you doing this for the homeless? Are you running for women's rights? The environment? They just couldn't believe that somebody would do all that running for no particular reason. Why are you doing this? I just felt like running. I just felt like running.