You must give your own story to the world.

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.

With heaven in our hearts, life is romancing uswith glimpses ofthe universe dancing.

Ask broad questions and you'll get more than one answer. Ask specific questions and you'll get no answer.

Not all ‘whites’ are racists. Not all racists are ‘white.

Trust no one, and let none believe.

To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit

I was bright, and I could use that as a weapon: words can wound, whatever those sticks and stones sayings claim about them never hurting, and I could use them if I had to.

Nothing is as invisible as the obvious.

I love animated films when they are good, because they do bring a lot of emotion and heart that's very difficult to get in a live action film.

As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.