Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

Without love, benevolence becomes egotism.

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.

Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.