I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.

In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

A race, like an individual, lifts itself up by lifting others up.

Ignorance is more costly to any State than education.

There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.