Hollins University

"Looking back over my life thus far – if I had anything to do differently – I would have taken more risks, not less. And in the process of taking those risks I would have been more deliberate and systematic in whittling down my fear of failure to the point that I could see – really see – that I exist apart from my deeds – good or bad – and apart from what other folks think about me or say about me.

At my best, I try to carry with me questions: What can I share? Whom can I comfort? What can and should I challenge in the name of what is good and right? For whom will I stick my neck out because they have been treated as less than human and deserve better? And finally, whom will I allow to really know me?"