Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

The future takes care of itself, and we should instead focus on taking care of the present. Try to make it pleasant and happy.

Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself

That's why ears have cartilage, to keep them from flapping.

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

I never seem to know what's going on... Right from the very start, my life has been strange. I think I know what happened... I must have missed all the rehearsals.

Even extreme grief may ultimately vent itself in violence--but more generally takes the form of apathy

Once you have a child, your heart is forever outside your body. I totally understand that now.

Even when the views are contradictory, talks are the only way forward and problems should be resolved through dialogue.

A foolish picture I live in disgust, degradation being eaten by lust.

Criticism is the best sign you're onto something.