Fascism: awful stench of saw and axe.

Nothing seems more like a whorehouse to me than a museum. In it you find the same equivocal aspect, the same frozen quality.

poetry’s favourite moment is when one loses one’s footing because of a landslide or seismic shaking of thought

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.

What you want in life is possible to achieve. Find the courage and begin the work

Read a different Africa. Love a vibrant Africa.

Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.

In deep meditation, all of the things that we call life, all of the combinations of experiences, fall away.

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.

Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society.

Warriors say: I dare not be like the host, but would rather be like the guest. I dare not advance an inch, but would rather retreat a foot.

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.