The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.

Harriet Tubman fought American slavery single handed and was a pioneer in that organized effort known as the Underground Railroad.

All men cannot go to college but some men must; every isolated group or nation must have its yeast, must have for the talented few centers of training where men are not so mystified and befuddled by the hard and necessary toil of earning a living, as to have no aims higher than their bellies, and no God greater than Gold.

Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and tomorrow comes the harvest and the playtime.

Men must not only know, they must act.