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

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 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.

The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you.

If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than th

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

I've had plentiful opportunities for great things. Just didn't open my eyes.

I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

We write to find out what we didn’t know we knew. We write to know deeper and truer. We write to connect the dots: a whole new constellation.

Laugh now, cry later: this is the karma. Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama.

I can't believe how blessed I am! I'm married to the most wonderful man, Gene Raymond, whom I'm deeply in love with, and, my career is right where I want it to be. I can live like this forever!

At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks.

You can cram a truth into an epigram - the truth, never.

Every new generation must rewrite history in its own way.