“The man who thinks hateful thoughts brings hatred upon himself. The man who thinks loving thoughts is loved.”

“A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.”

“The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.”

“When I thought of the word "man," I could only think of those who could defend themselves and those they loved.”

“To the black man, the white man looks and smells like a corpse. To the white man, the black man has the color and odor of shit. Their mutual hatred is based on a reciprocal recognition: the white man hates the black man for exposing that masked and hidden part of himself. The black man hates the white man's need to pull himself up from the earth. The black man sees in the white man's need the blind arrogance of one who thinks himself immortal. But he who brings civilization cannot help but feel immortal. This is why he smells like a corpse: he is constituted by the return of the repressed "remnant of earth," which clings to him as much as to any man.”

“Man, who thinks he knows everything. But what does man know...Man cares only for himself, in his fear and hate.”