The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes.

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

When we look at modern man, we have to face the fact...that modern man suffers from a kind of poverty of the spirit, which stands in glaring contrast to his scientific and technological abundance; We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters.

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.

We can't slow up because of our love for democracy and our love for America. Someone should tell Faulkner that the vast majority of the people on this globe are colored.

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

Voting is the foundation stone for political action.