I would get up in the morning and I would say, "How am I going to bother them today?"

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.

What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future.

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people's hearts.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

If Allah has willed it that way... He must have better plans for you child...

They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.

For women there are undoubtedly great difficulties in the path but so much the more to overcome. First no woman would say "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?

Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.

My saving grace was that I always knew when to leave the party.

Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.

I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music.

I'd say I'm pretty messy. NOT dirty though - there's a difference. Messy people leave clothes on their bedroom floor... dirty people leave pizza boxes.

There is something in us that can be without us, and will be after us, though indeed it hath no history of what it was before us, and cannot tell how it entered into us.