Don't be bitter. Remember Lot's wife when they kill me, and they surely will. You have to use all of your energy to do what it is you have to do. [To his wife Betty Shabazz]

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.

Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.

Success is not achieved in a vacuum: the people you spend most of your time with and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts play a significant part in your success or lack of it.

History seemed meaningless here, or at least bewildered.

Enlighten every life with love to shine.

I think that's the function of a lot of psychiatrists and therapists, is keeping people afloat just long enough for them to get older.

The war has ruined us for everything.

Keep on praying for faith, it is through prayer that you develop all your wonderful qualities of soul.

I take a lot of inspiration from the people I work with, and having many collaborators keeps me challenged and inspired.

Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always.