A man who has nothing he is willing to die for has nothing worth living for

There are more Negroes in jail with me than there are on the voting rolls.

Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

Personalism's insistence that only personality-finite and infinite-is ultimately real strengthened me in two convictions: it gave me metaphysical and philosophical grounding for the idea of a personal God, and it gave me a metaphysical basis for the dignity and worth of all human personality.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.

Even when the polls are open to all, Negroes have shown themselves too slow to exercise their voting privileges. There must be a concerted effort on the part of Negro leaders to arouse their people from their apathetic indifference.... In the past, apathy was a moral failure. Today, it is a form of moral and political suicide.

We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others