Malcolm X

In fact, once he is motivated no one can change more completely than the man who has been at the bottom. I call myself the best example of that.

Malcolm X

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come.

Malcolm X

Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.

Malcolm X

One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think for yourself.

Malcolm X

People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.

Malcolm X

Some things are better done than said.

Malcolm X

The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.

Malcolm X

The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition.

Malcolm X

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

Malcolm X

The only persons who really changed history are those who changed men’s thinking about themselves.

Malcolm X