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.

Do what you can, with what you have and do it now!

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?