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.
MALCOLM XAll of our experiences fuse into our personality. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient.
More Malcolm X Quotes
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If not now then when, if not me then who?
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.
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Education is an important element in the struggle for human rights.
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Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research.
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The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.
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Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or cultural roots also becomes a dead people.
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There can be no black-white unity until there is first some black unity.
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We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.
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Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.
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Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.
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So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
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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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The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.
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Reading has changed the course of my life radically. I did not aim behind it to gain any certificates to improve my position. Rather, I wanted to live intellectually.
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