It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the ligitimate goals of his life.

[People] don't see that there's a great deal of a difference between nonresistance to evil and nonviolent resistance.

Let us therefore continue our triumphal march to the realization of the American dream... for all of us today, the battle is in our hands... The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways that lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions... We are still in for the season of suffering... How long? Not long. Because no lie can live forever... our God is marching on.

Capitalism is always in danger of inspiring men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life. We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity-thus capitalism can lead to a practical materialism that is as pernicious as the materialism taught by communism.

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.

I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.