"At the level of individuals, violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and restores his self-respect."

"The inferiority complex is the consequence of the depersonalization of the colonized."

"Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity."

"I am black, not because of a curse, but because my skin has been able to capture all the cosmic effluvia. I am truly a drop of sun under the earth."

"There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it."