If it's necessary to form a Black Nationalist army, we'll form a Black Nationalist army. It'll be ballot or the bullet. It'll be liberty or it'll be death.

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness.

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.

The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.

Read absolutely everything you get your hands on because you'll never know where you'll get an idea from.

Complaining from lack of food doesn't always affect my emotions. complaining from lack of knowledge, passion, creative ideas and happiness always does.

The time is approaching when you will have to decide whether you trust Jesus enough to follow him into the unknown.

A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.

To wait for someone else or to expect someone else to make my life richer or fuller or more satisfying puts me in a constant state of suspension.

I write to save someone's life, probably my own

The desire for beauty, the hunger for union, the passion to be part of something greater than self, all arise out of our bent to worship.

The American public has become so conditioned by crises, by warnings, by words, that there are few, other than the young, who protest against what is happening.

You never want to confuse activity with accomplishment.

With Kubrick and most film directors, they are in complete control, but one can influence them.

No one in Washington realizes you can't borrow money endlessly.