“Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.”

“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

“You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.”

“When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement.”

“Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me.”

“Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind.”

“My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”

“If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.”

“In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.”