I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

No nation is wise enough to rule another.

The continued lynchings and other crimes against negroes, whether in New England or the South, and unspeakable political exponents of white supremacy, according to all recorded history, augur ill for America's future.

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days during their early adult life. Darkness would make them more appreciative of sight; silence would teach them the joys of sound.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Now, however, I see the folly of attempting to hitch one's wagon to a star with a harness that does not belong to it.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.