If you look at the world the same way when you're 50 that you did when you were 20, then you wasted 30 years.

The sweetness of life lies in dispensing with formalities.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

I don't look like no kiwi bird

God tries you in certain, certain ways. Some people are rich, and they believe in God. They lose the money, things get hard, they get weak and quit going to church. Quit serving God like they did.

Elijah Muhammad teaches us the truth of God beautified the planet by separating everybody in different countries for themselves: Chinese in China, English in England, Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico, Ethiopians in Ethiopia, Arabians in Arabia, Egyptians in Egypt, and Americans took that country and stole it away so there's always going to be trouble and chaos.

I just won the gold medal and I couldn't eat downtown. I said, 'Something's wrong.' And from then on, I've been a Muslim.