God is going to punish the white man for his misdeeds toward black people.

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.

Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn't have the weight of gender expectations.

Whatever God blesses you, enjoy with all gladness.

The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation.

In solitude the lonely man is eaten up by himself, among crowds by the many.

As an American citizen, I'm not asking for any special treatment - the only thing I ask and want is to be treated just like an Illegal Alien.

Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever.

If you want understanding try giving some.

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Poetry wants to make things mean more than they mean, says someone, as if we knew how much things meant, and in what unit of measure.

I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.