The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history which has been either suppressed or distorted.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

In the history of the treatment of depression there was the dunking stool purging of the bowels of black bile hoses attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal and history only the particular.

I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.