Love of self comes first. The one who loves everybody is the one who does not love anyone.

There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he betrays his trust.

Accept your place in the sun as it was originally before the creation of this world... The black man is the first and last, maker and owner of the universe.

Knowledge of one's identity, one's self, community, nation, religion, and God, is the true meaning of resurrection, while ignorance of it signifies hell.

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave

Whoever knows himself knows God.

Accept your own and be yourself!

No nation respects a beggar.

Asking good questions is half of learning.

The search of knowledge is an obligation laid on every Muslim.

Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.

Don't let hollow heroes distract you from saving yourself.

The tongue hardly quarrels with the teeth even though they both live together. Let us as humans learn to live together because there is enough space for everyone to survive in life

I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage.

A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it.

It seems to me that you won't have had a proper series of adventures, unless you've gone through thick and thin.

Do not forget duty. But choose love when you can.

With a keen eye for details, one truth prevails!

All great writers are schizophrenics, you know what I'm saying? 'Cause they switch up. They become the person when they write.

When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.

I grew up in the early '70s in New England.