The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Always try to associate with people from whom you can learn something. All the knowledge that you want is in the world, and all you have to do is go and seek it.

The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.

Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden.

If you get up everyday and you don't learn you are a fool

Do not remove the kinks from your hair--remove them from your brain.

The thing to do is to get organized; keep separated and you will be exploited, you will be robbed, you will be killed. Get organized and you will compel the world to respect you.

She'd met Colin on a Monday.She'd kissed him on a Friday.Twelve years later.She sighed. It seemed fairly pathetic.

You are either growing up or going down

And hearts have been broken from harsh words spoken That sorrow can ne'er set right.

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

By dwelling on negativity, we prevent ourselves from living in the simple state of well-being.

We're asleep until we love.

You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off a ledge.

Debtors will seek to cancel their debts. Creditors will try to collect, and the more they succeed, the more they will impoverish the economy.

I woke up this morning and I said to my self, 'Self, I think we need to party today'.

And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something.