However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and the new Nation of Islam that has come up around me.

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.

Instead of trying to understand Life, we must live it. Create a reason to Live and progress on that path every day.

I smiled back and I thoughthow incredible that was, that they would find the time to smile. There was goodness in the world still, even if you couldn’t always see it.

They had always dreamed of a large family but have now realized that they would be equally blessed to have even one child.

Ohio's students deserve a first-class education appropriate for the 21st century, not Sunday School lessons masquerading as science.

Let me show you,” he said in my ear. “Like this. Feel that? Relax. Now pivot your hips—it’s all in the hips.

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically', they really mean, 'not really'.

Every five, six, seven, eight, 10 years I do a raisonné. When it's printed in the book, it's finished.

Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question. Science has no answer to it.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.