“Without my Savior, I am nothing.”

When our thoughts – which bring actions – are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.

We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts.

Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark hours before sunrise God tells me of the plans I am to fulfill.

God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.

Never a day passes but that I do myself the honor to commune with some of nature’s varied forms.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation – veneer isn’t worth anything.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.

My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.

He who puts a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest.

It is simply service that measures success.

If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.

Having faith means keeping your heart turned to God, to His love, to His Fatherly tenderness, amid the storm.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

I was taught that Jesus the Son of God was a white man, and hearing black people singing, ‘Lord, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow,’ made me sick.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.

The Lord waits for us to offer him our failings so that he can help us experience his mercy.

I think God surrounds us, in all different manifestations of the energy.