Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the unlimited capacity to empathize with, feel for, care, and love one's brothers and sisters.
Source: The Black Aesthetic, 1971.
-- Addison Gayle, Jr, (Jun 2 1932-1991), US educator, critic, author; He published numerous volumes, including The Way of the New World,and edited the important anthology The Black Aesthetic, 1971.