When A Man Knows That The Abstraction

Everybody Talking 'bout Heaven Ain't Going There!

That's What Being Eccentric Means--being Natural.

...negroes Must Concern Themselves With Every Single Means Of Struggle: Legal, Illegal, Passive, Active, Violent And Non- Violent.... They Must Harass, Debate, Petition, Boycott, Sing Hymns, Pray On Steps--and Shoot From Their Windows When The Racists Come Cruising Through Their Communities.... The Acceptance Of Our Condition Is The Only Form Of Extremism Which Discredits Us Before Our Children [ellipses In Source].

I Happen To Believe That Most People - And This Is Where I Differ From Many Of My Contemporaries, Or At Least As They Express Themselves - I Think That Virtually Every Human Being Is Dramatically Interesting. Not Only Is He Dramatically Interesting, He Is A Creature Of Stature Whoever He Is.

The Thing That Makes You Exceptional, If You Are At All, Is Inevitably That Which Must Also Make You Lonely.