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.

The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.

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

You white folks have long been eating the white meat of the chicken. We Negroes are now ready for some of the white meat instead of the dark meat.

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

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

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.