I have lived in the monster and I know its insides; and my sling is the sling of David.

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.

Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.

Only those who hate the Negro see hatred in the Negro.

Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.