“The famous dictum which states that all men are equal will find its illustration in the colonies only when the colonized subject states he is equal to the colonist.”
“The Church in the colonies is a white man's Church, a foreigners' Church. It does not call the colonized to the ways of God, but to the ways of the white man.”
“As soon as they are born it is obvious to them that their cramped world, riddled with taboos, can only be challenged by absolute violence.”
“The black man wants to be white. The white man slaves to reach a human level.”
“To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.”
“To have faith means to dare, to think the unthinkable, yet to act within the limits of the realistically possible.”
“Love is an activity; it is not a passive affect. It is a 'standing in,' not a 'falling for.'”
“A humanist has four leading characteristics — curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.”
“There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself.”
“Man is the only animal that can be bored, that can be discontented.”
“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”
“The successful revolutionary is a statesman; the unsuccessful one a criminal.”
“Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.”
“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”
“Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you.”
“Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it.”
“History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”
“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.”
“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”