You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it. - James Baldwin

What white people have to do is try and find out in their own hearts why it is necessary to have a 'nigger' in the first place, because I'm not a nigger. I'm a man. But if you think I'm a nigger, it means you need it.

People who cling to their illusions find it difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything worth learning: a people under the necessity of creating themselves must examine everything, and soak up learning the way the roots of a tree soak up water.

Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore