You can't express your true feelings until you know what they are

Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!

We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

The difference between a dream and a fantasy is action.

... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good.

There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to find the task of photographing it difficult.

I think it's very important for Arts Ministers to purchase art, to attend art, to validate art.

Tell your story because your story will heal you and it will heal someone else.

Seeing the world is a prerequisite to understanding one’s place in it.

The best fish in the world are of course those one catches oneself.

The secret in riding is to do only a few things but to do them right

Now for the first time, you can choose yourself. You can be responsible for what you do and how you do it. You have to do the hard work of finding and pleasing an audience.

Love beautifies the giver and elevates the receiver.