The neighbors were more than neighbors [on Cuba]. They were like part of the family.

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

Bess stepped back and looked at Nancy admiringly. 'Your hunches are so often right it startles me.

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

For a novelist, no matter what, it's a complete work, even if it's not published. But if you write a screenplay, and it's not performed, then it's a sad and frustrating experience.

So the good has been well explained as that at which all things aim.

I'm not a person for sitting on beaches. What would I do?

You mean you have to be epic already, for it to make you more epic?

My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support.

Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.

The end is nothing; the road is all.