But when I reintroduced the Nation of Islam, and began to host meetings in cities and thousands and thousands of people come out.

Work hard to discover your gift and you will never envy or hate another human being who is manifesting theirs.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

I'm not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don't deserve to be on. No man is a "man" without a woman: It's a woman that helps the man to be a man.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims. God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Never exalt people because they're in your family; never exalt people because they're your color; never exalt people because they're your kinfolk. Exalt them because they're worthy.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done.

Eyes as dark as her heart and as empty as her soul

If you don't concentrate you'll end up on your rear.

My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!

You have to be happy with yourself first of all - that's the most important thing.

One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can't do anything to your performance once you've laid it on film.

Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Being against torture ought to be sort of a multipartisan thing.

Secretly, in studies and attics and schoolrooms all over America, people must be writing.

The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.