God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be. Follow always that great law. Let the sky and God be our limit and Eternity our measurement.

Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm.

The Greatest Weapon Used Against the Negro is Disorganization.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.