The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being'.

The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial and military look but the great gift still has to come from Africa - giving the world a more human face.

A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Its essence is the realisation by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression - the blackness of their skin - and to operate as a group to rid themselves of the shackles that bind them to perpetual servitude.

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power