--- title: "3 Asking questions Quotes By Malcolm X" description: "3 Asking questions quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Asking questions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg" --- > [“I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there, in prison, that reading had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vistas-that-reading-opened-to-me-2/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg) > [An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking-questions-one-was/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-lon_2426551.jpg) > [Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/malcolm-x-213_able_not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephone_2461146.jpg) ## Other authors on Asking questions ## More by Malcolm X > [If Christianity had asserted itself in Germany, six million Jews would have lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/if-christianity-had-asserted-itself-in-germany-six-million-jews-would/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Adam Clayton Powell's entire political career has to be looked at in the entire context of the American history and the history of, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/adam-clayton-powell-s-entire-political-career-has-to-be-looked-at-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [American civil rights leader, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Lynching is a murder. For the past four hundred years our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/american-civil-rights-leader-where-do-we-go-from-here-chaos-or/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Be nonviolent only with those who are nonviolent to you. And when you can bring me a nonviolent racist, bring me a nonviolent segregationist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/be-nonviolent-only-with-those-who-are-nonviolent-to-you-and-when-you/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/you-can-t-legislate-good-will-that-comes-through-education/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/truth-is-on-the-side-of-the-oppressed-today-it-s-against-the-oppressor/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Those type of whites who are always going to jail with Negroes are the ones who tell Negroes to be loving and be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/those-type-of-whites-who-are-always-going-to-jail-with-negroes-are/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [We Muslims believe that the white race, which is guilty of having oppressed and exploited and enslaved our people here in America, should and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/we-muslims-believe-that-the-white-race-which-is-guilty-of-having/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I mean a real police state just to get a token recognition of a law. It take, it took, I think, 15,000 troops and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-mean-a-real-police-state-just-to-get-a-token-recognition-of-a-law/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Like Samson, I am ready to pull down the white man's temple, knowing full well that I will be destroyed by the falling rubble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/like-samson-i-am-ready-to-pull-down-the-white-man-s-temple-knowing/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Any negro who occupies a position that was given to him by the white man, if you analyze his function, his function never enables…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/any-negro-who-occupies-a-position-that-was-given-to-him-by-the-white/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Stumbling is not falling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/stumbling-is-not-falling/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [God is going to punish the white man for his misdeeds toward black people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/god-is-going-to-punish-the-white-man-for-his-misdeeds-toward-black/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/much-of-what-i-say-might-sound-like-it-s-stirring-up-trouble-but-it-s/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-believe-in-the-brotherhood-of-all-men-but-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/#itemlist", "name": "3 Asking questions Quotes By Malcolm X", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there, in prison, that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive. I certainly wasn’t seeking any degree, the way a college confers a status symbol upon its students. My home made education gave me, with every additional book that I read, a little bit more sensitivity to the deafness, dumbness, and blindness that was afflicting the black race in America. Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London asking questions. One was, “What’s your alma mater?” I told him, “Books.” You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I’m not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vistas-that-reading-opened-to-me-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew right there, in prison, that…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told him, ‘Books.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking-questions-one-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-lon_2426551.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-lon_2426551.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-lon_2426551.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, ‘What’s your alma mater?’ I told…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was \"What's your alma mater?\" I told him, \"Books.\" You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm X" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephoned-me-from-london-asking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/malcolm-x-213_able_not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephone_2461146.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/malcolm-x-213_able_not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephone_2461146.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/malcolm-x-213_able_not-long-ago-an-english-writer-telephone_2461146.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was \"What's your alma…” — Malcolm X", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/", "name": "Asking questions Quotes by Malcolm X", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/malcolm-x-213_alma-mater_i-have-often-reflected-upon-the-new-vist_1232747.jpg" }, "description": "3 Asking questions quotes by Malcolm X. Plus more from Malcolm X and more Asking questions sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Asking Questions", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Malcolm X", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking-questions/malcolm-x/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```