Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism... We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.

As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here today and gone tomorrow. But to God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.

I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

For years now I have heard the word "wait." It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never."

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.