Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

But if we do not like the person we have learned to be, should we just sit in front of our fufu, doing nothing? I think, James, that maybe it is possible to make a new way.

History is Storytelling.

Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new kind of black man altogether, one who got to use his mind.

We can’t go back to something we ain’t never been to in the first place. It ain’t ours anymore. This is.

... as a reminder that a white man could still kill him for nothing.

he knew in his body, even if he hadn’t yet put it together in his mind, that in America the worst thing you could be was a black man. Worse than dead, you were a dead man walking.

No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.

Even while we hate, we still have that deep unusual  compassion for our rivals, and they hate it when they realize that we are feeling sorry for them.

The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones. They erode our strength, our self-esteem, our very foundation.

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister.

I believe in reincarnation of the soul.

To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.

Work ends up dehumanizing people.

I really want to work with Tom Hardy. Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are also on my list. Those are my top three actors. As far as actresses go, Kate Beckinsale, because she's so smokin' hot.

I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.