History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another’s pain in the heart our own.
If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.
You got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth.
To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.
There’s no pain on earth that doesn’t crave a benevolent witness.
The sorry truth is you can walk your feet to blisters, walk till kingdom-come, and you never will outpace your grief.
My body might be a slave, but not my mind. For you, it’s the other way round.
If you don’t know where your’re going, you should know where you came from.
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.
Do not fear to lose what needs to be lost.
Color prejudice is at the bottom of everything. If it’s not fixed, the plight of the Negro will continue long after abolition.
Be consoled in knowing the world depends upon the small beating in your heart.
