Oh, what company good poets are!

To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.

People can only be free if they are truly educated.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Everything that divides men, everything that separates or herds men together in categories, is a sin against humanity.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

To change masters is not to be free.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

In a time of crisis, the peoples of the world must rush to get to know each other.

Amor cuerdo, no es amor. (Sane love, is not love)

I wish I didn’t have a heart that God wrote Sad on.

No blood at all. I could hear that phrase repeat itself in my head, louder each time. No sticky, hot, messy, awful blood. No splatter. NO BLOOD AT ALL. Why hadn't I thought of that?

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Be flexible, but stick to your principles.

If you can look in your mother's eyes and she's proud of you, then you're a champion.

If I'm going east and west, nothing's happening

A little Isadora Duncan and a little Butoh this was choreography and performing that was simultaneously both lush and spare.

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.

I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that has attracted attention.

It's always unfortunate when something gets misreported and the facts are not clear.