Studying goes deeper than mere reading. There are surface nuggets to be gathered but the best of the gold is underneath, and it takes time and labor to secure it.

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.

I have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow, too, but never a worry or a sorrow that was not offset by a purple iris, a lark, a bluebird, or a dewy morning glory.

Whatever the white man has done, we have done, and often better.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

I do feel, in my dreamings and yearnings, so undiscovered by those who are able to help me.

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.