每天起床的时候，争取变得比你昨天更聪明一点。
Every morning upon waking, strive to be wiser than you were the day before.
作家最大的挑战不是找到正确的词语，而是在这些词语中找到真相。
临终前与诸同志谈话，1925年3月11日
The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.