I know of no rights of race superior to the rights of humanity...

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

The only way to know if you can ever grab hold of your dreams is to reach for them.

Love is the answer.

It is not the victory of science that distinguishes our nineteenth century, but the victory of scientific method over science.

THE QUESTION IS, OF COURSE, IS IT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE TO AMALGAMATE EVERYTHING, AND MERELY DISCOVER THAT THIS WORLD REPRESENTS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ONE THING?

When I was very young I tried selling used cars. It didn't last long. I guess that was my good luck too that I didn't show more promise at it or I might have been an automobile dealer.

Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.

This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.

Wisdom is something that seeks itself. The wiser you become the more you'd like to know.

Who's your soul's mate? Consciousness. Soul is your conscious mate. Guru keeps you conscious.

For the sake of The Progressive, I will say that [Robert] La Follette was relevant, but he was the last.