Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.

Money, like any other force such as electricity, is amoral and can be used for either good or evil.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.

Every crisis has both its dangers and its opportunities. Each can spell either salvation or doom.

Faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future.