“The world cares little about what a man knows;it cares more about what a man is able to do.”

“In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls--with the great outside world. No man whose vision is bounded by colour can come into contact with what is highest and best in the world. In meeting men, in many places, I have found that the happiest people are those who do the most for others; the most miserable are those who do the least.”

“I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”

“You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.”

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”

“I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man. ”

“In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls – with the great outside world.”