"Learn the language that they understand, and..." - Quote by Malcolm X
Learn the language that they understand, and when they come upon our doorstep to talk we can talk, and they will get the point. There will be a dialog, there will be some communication, and I am quite certain that then there will be some understanding.
More by Malcolm X
“You have a race problem that must be solved, or else you will alienate every non-white person on this earth within the next few years, or within the next few months.”
“History is not hatred.”
“In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That... was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about 'white men.'”
More on Communication
“I am drunk, seest thou? When I am not drunk I do not talk. You have never heard me talk much. But an intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend his time with fools.”
“Remember the guy in the 80s walking around with a boombox on his shoulder? Why'd he do that? Because it told a story about who he was. Expressing yourself is big business.”
“If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.”
More on Understanding
“We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.”
“When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.”
“We can only know where we're going if we know where we've been.”