If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

APRIL 20, 2017 Day 110 of 365...God did not bring you far to fail you now, it has full of succession both good vibes and bad times. But still have a way

With God’s help in the grasp of addiction you’ll find the truth. When we understand this and its purity, then true healing can begin.

What is difficult? To keep a secret, to employ leisure well, to be able to bear an injury.

if only my whole life could be words and music, if only everything else could slip away.

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

I'm screwed up, mixed up, messed around, dive-bombing, crashing and burning.

What I'm not in the habit of doing, and I'm not going to do, is go around cap in hand pleading with players to play for their country.

It is a kind of law of nature. The goal one aims for can rarely be reached by a direct road.

You remember what happened when Eddie Pipp got hurt? A guy named Lou Gehrig took over.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.