I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.

It never hurts to think too highly of a person; often they become ennobled and act better because of it.

The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered moments produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people. There was no particular day on which I said, Henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise.

Education is the great engine to personal development.