The Negro loves America enough to criticize her fundamentally. Most white Americans simply can't be bothered.

What a tiresome place America would be if freedom meant we all had to think alike or be the same color or wear the same gray flannel suit! That road leads to the conformity of the graveyard!

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

My fight is not for racial sameness but for racial equality and against racial prejudice and discrimination.

Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies the bitter difference in the way we look at life.

We have to undo the millions of little white lies that America told itself and the world about the American Black man.

Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.

The Negro was invented in America.

Integration begins the day after the minds of the people are desegregated.

I watch her close the door and I think to myself, there goes my heart.

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art. (Exchange any words you want for 'create art' and see if it fits).

Another purpose for speaking in tongues is the edification of the church.

When you're not finding the fairway, it's hard to be consistent. [Right now] I'm comfortable and I'm not so comfortable, if that makes sense.

Life is a labor pain; we are here to give birth to ourself.

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black.

A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.

Am I not a fearsome enemy?" "You frighten me primally.

When you are looking to meet someone, you are looking to settle. Becaue you are not looking for someone, you are looking for anyone

When you choose your attitude toward life, you can affect reality by making it better for you