It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Barba non facit philosophum

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

He stared dully at the desolate, cold road and the pale, dead night. Nothing was colder or more dead than his heart. He had loved an angel and now he despised a woman.

Please your mother: just lie around upstairs and smoke some pot. Be a revolutionary.

Music, architecture and pictures have always been my passions, and all that material wealth has meant for me, is being able to have some of the pictures I liked.

Everything that you've been thru, God's going to use it for the betterment of your future!

Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

Glamour is back, but with a minimalist touch.

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part