Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest achievement. We have to turn that around.

We've got to have a legacy of leadership. We've got to bring along with us a generation of black women who are going to confront twenty-first-century realities.

You factor in racism as a reality and you keep moving.

There are two types of 'busy': 1)Constantly distracting yourself from what is true. 2) Constantly working to create something real.

How many geniuses are we putting to sleep today and where would our world be now, if the age of pill popping, mind numbing control existed during the times of Da Vinci, Shakespeare, or Einstein?

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

Your day is your week is your month is your year.

You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible.

What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.

Just because we live in an insane culture doesn't mean we have to be insane too.

Imagine a painter crucified by his subject!

Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.

Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.