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?

A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.

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.

What time is it on the clock of the world?

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

People in Detroit aren't just urban gardening. They're starting a new mode of education. They're trying to give children the education to be "solutionaries" rather than people who are going to get jobs in the system. And that is a huge change, a cultural revolution.

Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after