"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you."

- Lupita Nyong'o

""You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you.""

- Lupita Nyong'o

"I work really hard to try to see the beauty in everything and everyone. It’s hard sometimes, and I don’t think I succeed all the time, but I try to approach things with love rather than judgment."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one's own culture."

- Lupita Nyong'o