“It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.”

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Education is the great engine of personal development.

Nothing is black or white.

The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Courage is not the absence of fear. It is inspiring others to move beyond it.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

It always seems impossible until it’s done.

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create.

Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Create your own life. Listen to that part of your inner voice that’s telling you – you can.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

What is discipline? Discipline means creating an order within you. As you are, you are a chaos.

Once you believe in yourself and see your soul as divine and precious, you’ll automatically be converted to a being who can create miracles.

American inequality didn’t just happen. It was created.