The greatest gift you can give yourself is to develop your full potential.

In order to love, we must address our fears.

People in love overvalue their heart and undervalue their mind.

The best education we can ever receive is from the University of Adversity. It's the only institute of learning that rewards us when we fail.

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

If you must let someone down, be sure it isn’t the friend who helped you up when you were down.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

I think everyone spins. You would just be an empty vacant shell reporting facts. I mean, you have your life that you bring with you to every moment that happens.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.