A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.

We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action.

When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.