In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been.

Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it.

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others.

Until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother's sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest until this happens.

Remember, we are not fighting for the freedom of the Negro alone, but for the freedom of the human spirit a larger freedom that encompasses all mankind.

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.

Give light, and people will find the way...

I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.

My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.

One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.

I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.

Intimacy is not purely physical. It's the act of connecting with someone so deeply, you feel like you can see into their soul.

If we humans are good at anything, it’s thinking we’ve got a terrific idea and going for it without acknowledging the potential consequences or our own ignorance.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

Science is the description of phenomena and the formulation of their relations.

Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger

I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the Ugly Duckling!

Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.

When you live your whole life in a prison freedom can be so dull

I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace.