

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
― Up from Slavery: An Autobiography
― Up from Slavery: An Autobiography

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
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“The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. ”
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

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