“The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”
英语
“压迫者最强大的武器是被压迫者的思想。”
“Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression — the blackness of their skin — and to operate as a group to rid themselves of the shackles that bind them to perpetual servitude.”
英语
“黑人觉醒本质上是黑人认识到需要与同胞团结在他们受压迫的根源——他们黝黑的肤色——周围，作为一个群体来行动，以摆脱束缚他们于永久奴役的枷锁。”
“It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell.”
英语
“如果你意识到变革的唯一载体正是那些已经失去自我人格的人，就更有必要看清真相。因此第一步是让黑人回归自我；将生命重新灌注进他空虚的躯壳。”
“Being black is not a matter of pigmentation — being black is a reflection of a mental attitude. You are black only when you can say: I shall relate to myself as a complete human being.”
英语
“做黑人不是肤色的问题——做黑人是一种精神态度的反映。只有当你能说"我将把自己视为一个完整的人"的时候，你才是黑人。”
“You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway. And your method of death can itself be a politicizing thing.”
英语
“你要么活着并自豪，要么死去——而当你死去时，你反正也不在乎了。你的死亡方式本身就可以成为一种政治化的事情。”
“The basic tenet of Black Consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.”
英语
“黑人觉醒的基本信条是：黑人必须拒绝一切试图使他在自己出生的国度成为异乡人、贬低其基本人格尊严的价值体系。”