Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.

Had it not been for the ministry of my good friend Dr. Billy Graham, my work in the civil rights movement would not have been as successful as it has been.

Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves.

A good many observers have remarked that if equality could come at once, the Negro would not be ready for it. I submit that the white American is even more unprepared.

By its very nature, hate destroys and tears down; by its very nature, love creates and builds up.

Without love, benevolence becomes egotism.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.