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 reins of the world are slipping into the hands of delinquents.

How you respond to a given situation makes all the difference between success and failure.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. 

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Sometimes, success depends upon what you do after failure.

Let me announce, with all the strength at my command, that I am not a terrorist and I never was, expect perhaps in the beginning of my revolutionary career. And I am convinced that we cannot gain anything through those methods.

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.