There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it.

Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.

Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

Life consists of two days: one for you and one against you, so when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you

I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate.

Some of the best characters are the most flawed characters.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

In the sense that I also try to reflect the fullness of the black experience, I’m very much a jazz poet.

I have cellulite, just like almost every other woman on the planet.

But to me, to be original is to be yourself.

There is no other revolution except consciousness. It cuts the desires from the very roots and it brings freedom to you.

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.

When many people individually get what they want, the result may be something they collectively dislike.

The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.