Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.

In whatever sense this year is a new year for you, may the moment find you eager and unafraid, ready to take it by the hand with joy and gratitude.

If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself.

A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

Fate is the raw materials of experience. They come uninvited and often unanticipated. Destiny is what a man does with these raw materials.

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive