If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, fire next time.
Recognizing a problem doesn’t always bring a solution, but until we recognize that problem, there can be no solution.
It is hard for anyone under twenty to realise that death has already assigned them a number, which is going to come up one day.
You don’t need numbers; you need passion, and this is proven by the history of the world!
Love is like the lightning, and your maturity is signaled by the extent to which you can accept the dangers and the power and the beauty of love.
All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.
I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The anomaly of their sexuality puts them in danger, unexpectedly.
I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it.
It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak.
All of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee.
You write in order to change the world.
Hatred destroys the person who hates.
After my best friend jumped off the bridge, I knew that I was next. So-Paris. With forty dollars and a one-way ticket.
You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.
Employment is my right my destiny.
A man’s balance depends on the weight he carries between his legs.
The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black.
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty – necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.
Being in the pulpit, was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion worked.