It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

Change the way people think and things will never be the same

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Take a leap of faith on your dreams, not for me and not for the society, just for yourself.

The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She embraced it.

When negative feelings move upon you, reflect, and recognize the danger of feeding those feelings and keeping them alive.

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a loveable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.

Her [Sarah Palin] son went to Iraq under George W. Bush, but it gives us a chance to explain what post-traumatic stress disorder is.

The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development lies the origin of civilization.

God never fits His word to suit me; He fits me to suit His word.

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.