[Islam] is not measured by the color of his skin.

Only the mistakes were mine.

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.

Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.

Growing is the result of learning.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.