Heights Quotes

Press criticism is not pleasant,

but it is necessary.

It is part of the machinery of democracy.

If the people remember

me as a good teacher,

that will be the

biggest honour for me.

The faster you go,

the shorter you are.

History repeats itself,

first as tragedy,

second as farce.

I'm a black American,

I am proud of my race.

I am proud of who I am.

I have a lot of pride and dignity.

I fight for perfection,

not victory.

If people are good only because they fear punishment,

and hope for reward,

then we are a sorry lot indeed.

True teaching cannot be learned from textbooks

any more than a sunbeam can be learned from a physics book.

What a dog I got,

his favorite bone is in my arm.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

I will fight for transparency in government.

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity,

and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

The past is no guide to the future,

and the future will be what we make it.

We have to fight for equity in every sector of society.

Plans are nothing;

planning is everything.

The more you can increase fear of drugs,

crime, welfare, immigration, and aliens,

the more you control all of the people.

Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy.

It will either keep you or destroy you.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do

what you believe is great work.

I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land.

You,

who have it to see,

welcome it—and forget not those who have fallen during the night.