“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed against the body, but against the freedom of the consciousness.”
“In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself?”
“Beware of turning into the enemy you most fear. All it takes is to lash out violently at someone who has done you some grievous harm, proclaiming that only your pain matters in this world. More than against that person's body, you will then, at that moment, be committing a crime against your own imagination.”
“If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.”
“...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.”
“America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.”