The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

There is no gain without struggle.

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.

Jesus reminds us that the good life combines the toughness of the serpent and the tenderness of the dove. To have serpent-like qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. To have dovelike without serpent-like qualities is to be sentimental, anemic and aimless. We must combine strongly marked antitheses.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.