The Million Man March, in one day, helped to defeat all of the evil propaganda spread about Black men throughout the world.

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.

My feathered friends were so much to me that I am constantly tempted to make this sketch of my first years a book about birds and little else.

My biggest icon is Liz Taylor because I don’t think she had great taste but I loved her energy.

IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.

My hope is that God will have changed people's lives through me for the better.

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

What philosophy worthy of the name has truly been able to avoid the link between poem and theorem?

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

There's luck in odd numbers.

I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.

The beginning of love is all about the butterflies, but the end of it is when you can't get out of bed in the morning.