I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution.

As the sun sets, something in me rises! Do you think it could be my soul? I feel it's a big probability!

We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.

If no one on this planet ever loves you, I always will.

In the middle of the storm, the ‘a’ of the atheist drops!

I believe in the discipline of silence and could talk for hours about it.

May these vows and this marriage be blessed.

Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.

I say what's on my mind. I go after what I want.

God does not challenge weak people - he has laid this upon me and I'm not going to question it.

The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.