The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.

The actual sight of a first-class house that a Negro has built is ten times more potent than pages of discussion about a house that he ought to build, or perhaps could build.

The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern States of America, even where he has the least education and the least encouragement, is incomparably better than the condition and opportunities of the agricultural population in Sicily.

In proportion as one renders service he becomes great.

Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.

Lay hold of something that will help you, and then use it to help somebody else.