"You got black people in an all-white..." - Quote by Muhammad Ali

“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”

“When people are forced to interact to survive, their prejudices diminish.”

“There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.”

“I am not an American; I am one of twenty-two million black people who are victims of Americanism.”

“I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.”

“In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again we rise.”

“I am just one human being.”

“When great loss happens - deaths close to you or your own approaching death - this is an opportunity for stepping completely out of identification with form and realizing the essence of who you are, or that the essence of anyone who is suffering or dying is beyond death.”

“That's really a part of my nature , it goes along with autonomy and independence of action - it's just that I don't identify with the local group, no matter what it is, whether it's the human species or the American democracy, the nation, the country, religions, political parties, nothing. None of these have my allegiance because I'm not really concerned with what they do. I don't feel a part of any of this.”