I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.