The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s)

I will look at the past, but I will not stare at it.

I think as an artist that's the best thing you can have - a personal stamp on something.

People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.

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

How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

I had been attracted by Malcolm X when he was still a member of the Nation of Islam.

Most people don't see that they have options beyond what society tells them to do. That's the biggest problem. They honestly believe that compliance is the shortcut to success.

Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two.

Unless you stake your life, life will not be won.