I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool

The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

This house has enough nooks and crannies for English muffins.

I feel like good music comes and goes in waves.

So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

Creation is a drug I can't do without.

Prince William and Kate Middleton are in New York City. We have got to do something about immigration.

Before one can become a magician he must learn to control his own mind; for mind is the substance with which the magician acts, and the power to control it is the beginning of magic.

To do something that will just fly away is kind of special. Every time somebody tell you they love you, that "I love you" flies away, and you wait until the next one.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth and sunlight and ripeness.

When the students in the South, the blacks, started demonstrating, that was the beginning of the time of students becoming a social force around the world.