Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Never complain and never explain.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Leap, and the net will appear.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Only the educated are free.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.