Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.

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.

Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...