Mos Def is a name that I built and cultivated over the years. It's a name that the streets taught me, a figure of speech that was given to me by the culture and by my environment. -- Mos Def

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He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Achievement has no color.

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

The mind is everything. What you think, you become.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

A friend is a second self.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

When I became proficient as a salesman I was invited to teach new hires.

Those who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrows know how to swim.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.