Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.

Some things are right, whether nobody sees you doing them or not.

Slaves do not always welcome their deliverers. They become accustomed to being slaves. They would rather gear those ills they have

The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South America. Is this not why nations engage in the madness of war without the slightest sense of penitence? Is this not why the murder of a citizen of your own nation is a crime, but the murder of citizens of another nation in war is an act of heroic virtue?