Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.

When I liberate myself, I liberate others. If you don't speak out ain't nobody going to speak out for you.

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over.

Nobody's free until everybody's free.

Black people know what white people mean when they say “law and order”.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

With the people, for the people, by the people. I crack up when I hear it; I say, with the handful, for the handful, by the handful, cause that's what really happens.

Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable.

It's time for America to get right.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.

Older people make this mistake all the time with younger people, treating them as a finished product when in fact they are in process.

Paul spoke about the root of faith (Eph 2:8). James spoke about the fruit of faith (Jm 2:17-18).

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.

Christ was a Jew, and God, he is supposed to have made the universe. That's a little far-fetched because if God made the world, who made God?

It is going to be changed to straight P. Diddy. You could call me P. or Diddy, or P. Diddy. I just want something fresh, man.