The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.

If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.

Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation's out of breath. We ain't running no more.

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

Our noses are broad, our lips are thick, our hair is nappy-we are black and beautiful!

What a liberal really wants is to bring about change that will not in any way endanger his position.

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.

Go home and tell your daughters they are beautiful.

One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.

Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life.

Oh! Lord should I forget anything, never let me forget that without you I am nothing.

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man but for this to endure it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now if I was a grave digger or even a hangman there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

That's what Tiggers do best!

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

When enough individuals arrive at the same gut feeling, a company can be said to have a brand.

The development of beings with minds is probably the highest individuation the world has ever known, and its prehistory is the history of life on earth.

Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's own life - is perhaps the most unrecognised problem in Africa today.