To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.

Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.

Change yourself - you are in control.

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.