In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
在社会的初期，国家的首领塑造其制度；后来，制度塑造国家的首领。
——〈在广州农民运动讲习所第一届毕业礼演说〉，对讲习所学员发出警告，无法在中国发动阶级斗争，反之应该要用平和方法，以合作为诉求，1924年8月21日
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
证明自己的唯一方式就是通过你的表现。
We must resist the temptation to make African art merely illustrative of theory.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.