Booker T. Washington: “The change of work brings a certain kind of rest.”

I have long since ceased to cherish any spirit of bitterness against the Southern white people on account of the enslavement of my race.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

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

As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.