Hidni Quotes

I want everybody to understand that

I am an American Negro first before

I am a member of any political party.

A person's a person,

no matter how small.

Be like water making its way through cracks.

Do not be assertive,

but adjust to the object,

and you shall find a way around or through it.

We are born believing.

A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

I’m not a fan of the ordinary.

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone.

This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts

and only asks to be loved.

Preachers in pulpits talked about

what a great message is in the book.

No matter what you do,

somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

As you become more clear about who you really are,

you'll be better able to decide what is best for you

the first time around.

Labor to keep alive in your breast

that little spark of celestial fire,

called conscience.

You can’t put a limit on anything.

The more you dream,

the farther you get.

Never bend your head.

Always hold it high.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old,

but of the natural.

Political language is designed to make lies

sound truthful and murder respectable.

Science is a beautiful

gift to humanity;

we should not distort it.

We are cups,

constantly and quietly being filled.

The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over

and let the beautiful stuff out.

Every film should have its own world,

a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the story itself.

No sanction can stand

against ignited minds.

We will all, someday, experience death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passersby to ashes underlying the earth.