424 Quotes by Russell Simmons

The poets who do this are uniquely conscious of this silence, this stillness.

The soundtrack in the poetry is the soundtrack from your own heartbeat.

Suffering will always be there. You'll always have the poor. You have to own your own progress. It is true that because of the economy and the fear factor the president [Barack Obama] is able to execute a lot of promises that it would be difficult to deliver it not for the fear factor. It's funny. He's delivering on what he promised and we call it fear.

I feel the choices our president Barack Obama is making now are safer and better.

We need to hear everyone. We need dialogue between police and the community. They're angry. They're hurt. A dialogue can cause a shift in consciousness in the person if he's understanding you and listening.

I've been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I'm a big supporter.

I always say neediness is the cause of suffering. I'm not the only one who says it. It's something I adopted and I believe.

I don't know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It's the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.

I like to move towards a place where my greatest experience is promoting happiness for others. I know that that creates a cycle of the same great experience.