People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.
MALCOLM XRead absolutely everything you get your hands on because you’ll never know where you’ll get an idea from.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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Mankind’s history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power anxieties are created.
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The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
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We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
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Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Respect me, or put me to death.
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Usually when people are sad, they don’t do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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Those who would hunt a man need to remember that a jungle also contains those who hunt the hunters.
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You can’t have capitalism without racism.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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