I loved Elijah Muhammad with a love that I can't adequately describe.

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.

If, however, I am allowed to think that you and yours feel an interest in my fate and actions, it may be the means—it may put me on my guard—at least, it may be something to live for.

The walls that a hateful mind builds around it, make it impossible for happiness to find its way in.

All the so-called “secrets of success” will not work unless you do.

All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit.

Well, as my dad would say, it means she’s out of this shithole.

February is the uncertain month, neither black nor white but all shades between by turns. Nothing is sure.

I didn't think it was going to be this fun. But everything just gets heightened when you have a baby. The volume gets turned up on life. I never knew I could be this happy, and that's the truth.

No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.

Universities are set up to get people to work together by having them disagree with each other.

Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.