It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. 

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. 

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

If you emulate somebody, you may create an identity crisis for yourself.

 Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. 

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temple; my philosophy is kindness.