We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace

People with good intentions but limited understanding are more dangerous than people with total ill will.

I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable

Nonviolence is the most potent technique for oppressed people. Unearned suffering is redemptive.

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

There is no gain without struggle.

And so we shall have to do more than register and more than vote; we shall have to create leaders who embody virtues we can respect, who have moral and ethical principles we can applaud with enthusiasm.