The enemy has always been able to point the finger of suspicion and/or guilt to Black leaders that they are enriching themselves at the expense of the people.

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.

How perfect to be aboard a ship withmaybe a hundred years still in my pocket.But it's late, for all of us, and in truth the only ship there isis the ship we are all onburning the world as we go.

You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve

The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.

Nonviolence is something very powerful, and the power behind it is not weapons, but the support of the people.

Love between two adults is always conditional. You can fall out of love because you are able to fall in love.

I do feel like it's so important not to take that for granted - that opportunity to share your ideas with intelligent, beautiful people.

The Way is hidden and nameless. Still only the Way nourishes and completes.

Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.

What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.

You don't systematically disagree with the President of the United States or intervene in American politics and expect that he is going to bless your name.