The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

Change the way people think and things will never be the same

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Leaders inform, inspire and improve people. They educate, empower and enrich the value of their followers. They make impacts.

The more we connect with our Spiritual self, the uglier sin looks. From the book: Removing Your Shame Label.

One bliss for which there is no match is when you itch to up and scratch.

Happiness has little to do with what is going on around you, and a lot to do with what is going on inside you.

There are men and women so lonely they believe God, too, is lonely.

Immigrants are more fertile, and they love families, and they have more intact families, and they bring a younger population. Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.

Prayer endows us with the power to draw near to our Eternal Father.

It's time that we began to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again.

No poem is worth anything unless it starts from a poetic trance, out of which you can be wakened by interruption as from a dream. In fact, it is the same thing.

Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.