In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.
“In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white.”
“America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives.”