It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are today.

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

Nothing is so much needed as a secure family life for a people seeking to rise out of poverty and backwardness.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Our problem is not to be rid of fear but rather to harness and master it.