The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

If all you want to do is make money, the very last thing you need is imagination.

No man is a devil in his own mind.

There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

The wretched of the earth do not decide to become extinct, they resolve, on the contrary, to multiply: life is their weapon against life, life is all that they have.

A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested by them. And there is a level on which the mockery of people, even their hatred, is moving, because it is so blind: It is terrible to watch people cling to their captivity and insist on their own destruction.