Rubin Carter Quotes

Sometimes we chose the books we want to read and sometimes they chose us.

Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost

To live in a world where truth matters and justice—however late—really happens would be heaven right here on earth. Heaven on earth. Dr. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter

The old monk looked amusedly at the young one and said, “Perhaps it is you who should tell me how it feels to carry a beautiful woman. I put the woman down back there by the river, but you are obviously still carrying her.

To every human being in prison, guilty or innocent, I would say that everything depends upon attitude. The physical body is the vehicle in which we traverse life, but our attitude is our steering wheel. In prison, people find themselves at the bottom of human existence. What a prisoner must say is, OK, whatever I’ve done in life has led me to where I am today. Therefore, if I want to get out of prison and stay out, I’ve got to turn around and go back the other way.