Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.

We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny . . . I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be.

Unity has never meant uniformity.

Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent

One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everbody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody's business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

Great people aren't those who are happy at times of convienience and content, but of how they are in times of catastrophy and controversy.