Quotes on Kwanzaa

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Unity, to be real, must stand the severest strain without breaking.

So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.

If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

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.

One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.

The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

You only need a heart full of grace

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

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.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.

Under capitalism everybody is the architect of his own fortune.

I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.