It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. 

The sky, horizon, rainbow, and mirage are all illusions. The universe is full of illusions.

Africans require, want, to franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

 A  language that does not evolve with time dies a natural death.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new. 

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Regrets are the natural property of gray hair.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non violence in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

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.

The reason why Broken Men only became Untouchables was because in addition to being Buddhists, they retained their habit of beef-eating, which gave additional ground for offence to the Brahmins to carry their new-found love and reverence to the cow to its logical conclusion.