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Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care about them more than you really do.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.

Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.