History is our guide, and without a knowledge of history, we are lost!

Work hard to discover your gift and you will never envy or hate another human being who is manifesting theirs.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

I'm not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don't deserve to be on. No man is a "man" without a woman: It's a woman that helps the man to be a man.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims. God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Never exalt people because they're in your family; never exalt people because they're your color; never exalt people because they're your kinfolk. Exalt them because they're worthy.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done.

You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.

The only thing that prevents us from being happy is thinking.

Rain, Aren’t you my soul’s joyful tearsonly longing for the sky to be happy?

I suppose the advocates of unreason think that there is a better chance of profitably deceiving the populace if they keep it in a state of effervescence.

There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps... then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes.

I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!