I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

The holes in my boots and the holes in my jeans make me whole!

To invest your life, you must invest your time and make sure it doesn’t just melt away like Salvador Dali’s melting clock.

The harder the fight, the greater the victory.

Potentially, anyone writing on the Web can reach a global audience. In practice, hardly anyone ever does.

Let us not look back in anger nor forward in fear but around us in awareness.

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

And that's the secret. Timing, hard work and smart partners. Using that formula, I've either founded or funded over 80 companies, and none have gone bankrupt. Most have done very well.

The reflections on a day well spent furnish us with joys more pleasing than ten thousand triumphs.