Prayer has never made you right, because right now our world of Islam is filled with abject hypocrisy in its religiosity.

Work hard to discover your gift and you will never envy or hate another human being who is manifesting theirs.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

I'm not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don't deserve to be on. No man is a "man" without a woman: It's a woman that helps the man to be a man.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims. God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Never exalt people because they're in your family; never exalt people because they're your color; never exalt people because they're your kinfolk. Exalt them because they're worthy.

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns.

White people are potential humans - they haven't evolved yet.

The suffering of our people is greater than our differences. We are not yet free at last, so there is work to be done.

I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.

This is an album of songs that I've always loved, tunes that I heard. For the first time in 53 years of recording, I really had control over an entire album, start to finish.

I can't handle my own voice, even hearing it echoing on a cell phone. It's horrible.

Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.

I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous.

The problem in this world is to avoid concentration of power - we must have a dispersion of power.

You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.

Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.

It is not enough to have ideals. We must translate them into action. We must clear our own little corner of creation.

You must remember that the common criminal will always join the armed forces for, if nothing else, regular meals and expert training in the use of guns.