The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.

There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action.

If we don't unite, chances are we will go back into slavery.

If you struck your mother or your father, it was punishable by death because you struck at the whole society. You struck at the morality of the society itself. This is what we have lost.

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.