If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the struggle for equal rights.

The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality, integrated education or his whole drive for freedom will be undermined by the absence of a most vital and indispensable element - learning.