We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

Love is the only creative, redemptive, transforming power, in the universe.

We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the earth as brothers and sisters

And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.