Booker T. Washington: “One of the things that impressed itself upon me deeply, the second year, was the unselfishness of the teachers.”

Until that question was asked it had never occurred to me that there was no period of my life that was devoted to play.

I repeat my belief that the world is growing in the direction of giving.

But taking place at the time it did, and for the reason that it did, no one could ever make me believe that my mother was guilty of thieving.

This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.