We have this exploding prison population. We have the equivalent of martial law on a day-to-day, 24/7-hour basis in our cities, because we have not heard the cry for help by young people in 1967.

The struggle we're dealing with these days, which, I think, is part of what the 60s represented, is how do we define our humanity?

Talk and write in a way that encourages the mutual exchange of ideas and acts like a midwife to people birthing their own ideas.

How do we redefine education so that 30-50 percent of inner-city children do not drop out of school, thus ensuring that millions will end up in prison?

Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't gather very much by making enemies out of people and not recognizing their humanity.

I think people look at revolution too much in terms of power. I think revolution has to be seen more anthropologically, in terms of transitions from one mode of life to another.

You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be.