“ When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it. Marlon Riggs Filmmaker
“ So much of my life has been about self-effacement, pretense, masquerading, concealment, and indirection. Marlon Riggs Filmmaker
“ Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing. Marlon Riggs Filmmaker
“ I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time has come for man to set himself a goal. The time has come to plant the seed to his highest hope. Friedrich Nietzsche Philologist
“ Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher
“ To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. [Lat., Dulcis inexpertis cultura potentis amici; Expertus metuit.] Horace Poet