Music will always be judged by our subjective ears.
It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.
The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.
I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal possession and enjoyment of privileges, but I shall never be reconciled living among them subservient to their will.
Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may. . .
Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.
What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time.
Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.
Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.
Whatever be thy fate today, Remember, this will pass away!