The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.

I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.

World peace and brotherhood are based on a common understanding of the contributions and cultures of all races and creeds

Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

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.