Black love is Black wealth and they'll probably talk about my hard childhood and never understand that all the while I was quite happy

The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given him your love.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.

But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed.

I used to dream militant dreams of taking over america to show these whitefolks how it should be done i used to dream radical dreams of blowing everyone away with my perceptive powers of correct analysis i even used to think that i'd be the one to stop the riot and negotiate the peace then i awoke & dug that if i dreamed natural dreams of being a natural woman doing what a woman does when she's natural i would have a revolution.