But you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.

Positive healthy loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they're scared of what an uncertain time it is or they're avoiding commitment altogether.

When I was a kid no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

When people ask me about my story I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments the big landmark checkpoints.

I think anytime you can affect people in general in a positive way then you're a lucky individual.

Well you know a lot of people look at the negative things the things that they did wrong and - which I do. But I like to stress on the things I did right because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.

You should also appreciate the goodness around you and surround yourself with positive people.

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints such people have a corpse in their mouth.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful positive life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.

Some people never contribute anything positive to society they may even drain our resources but most of us try to do something better to give back.

If it's great stuff the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

You have to listen to the people who have a negative opinion as well as those who have positive opinion. Just to make sure that you are blending all these opinions in your mind before a decision is made.

Look at people for an example but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

People deal too much with the negative with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things to just touch those things and make them bloom?

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

I call it people-to-people politics and that's what politics should be about reaching out and helping one another and touching one another about what we're going to do.

Most people get their politics obviously from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

People meet in bars after work all over the world and talk about the great problems of life and death and the world and politics and they don't take themselves seriously. They can do nothing else except chat about these things in bars after work.