My Purpose Alone Must Be God's Purpose.

A Life That Stood Out As A Gospel Of Self-forgetting Service. He Could Have Added Fortune To Fame But Caring For Neither He Found Happiness And Honor In Being Helpful To The World. The Centre Of His World Was The South Where He Was Born In Slavery Some 79 Years Ago And Where He Did His Work As A Creative Scientist.

I Went To The Trash Pile At Tuskegee Institute And Started My Laboratory With Bottles, Old Fruit Jars And Any Other Thing I Found I Could Use. ... [the Early Efforts Were] Worked Out Almost Wholly On Top Of My Flat Topped Writing Desk And With Teacups, Glasses, Bottles And Reagents I Made Myself.

When I Touch That Flower, I Am Not Merely Touching That Flower. I Am Touching Infinity. That Little Flower Existed Long Before There Were Human Beings On This Earth. It Will Continue To Exist For Thousands, Yes, Millions Of Years To Come.

There Is No Short Cut To Acheivement.

You Can't Teach People Anything. You Can Only Draw Out.