If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can't change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice.

Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free.

What I do shows people what kind of person I am.

We have looked into the future and the future is ours.

It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your tables with abundance have nothing left for themselves.

Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines.

The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature.