Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests and I am working for mine.

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what freedom implies?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Overall, white men run America. From nuclear armaments to the filth and jeopardy of New York City subways to the cruel mismanagement of health care, is there anything to boast about?

Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?

To tell the truth is to become beautiful.

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable.

To live a successful life and make a difference in the world, you must continue to dream.

i was told i was conceited today.... but being conceited would imply that i see my self as being absolutely perfect.... but come on lets be real ........ EVERYONE KNOWS IM PERFECT.

We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.

It is the difficult, but unavoidable, task of the modern individual to assimilate consciously all of the contents - from darkest degradation to profoundest purpose - contained in the psyche.

Don't allow your emotions to get in the way of clearheaded decisions about what's best for you.

A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.

Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Photography is about light and what it does and how it is captured on a piece of negative.

Good drama is all about creating conflict.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.