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We don't accomplish anything in this world alone.
Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.
Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.
Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.
I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.
The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.
If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.
Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.
My white girl Veronica, black girl Monica, Got me celebrating Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa-kah, Rocking dashikis with a yarmulke.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.
In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.
You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
I was very disappointed, very disappointed when President [George W.] Bush proclaimed Kwanzaa as a national holiday. Prior to that, Bill Clinton did the same thing.
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself.
We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something.
Many Americans celebrate both Christmas and Xmas. Others celebrate one or the other. And some of us celebrate holidays that, although unconnected with the [winter] solstice, occur near it: Ramadan, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
Do what you do. This Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Twelfth Night, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Paddy's Day, and every day henceforth. Just do what you do. Live out your life and your traditions on your own terms. If it offends others, so be it. That's their problem.
The [Kwanzaa] holiday, then will of necessity, be engaged as an ancient and living cultural tradition which reflects the best of African thought and practice in its reaffirmation of the dignity of the human person in community and culture, the well-being of family and community, the integrity of the environment and our kinship with it, and the rich resource and meaning of a people's culture.
