The best way to solve any problem is to remove its cause.

The problem with hatred and violence is that they intensity the fears of the white majority, and leave them less ashamed of their prejudices toward Negroes.

Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

I'm grateful to God that, through the Negro church, the dimension of nonviolence entered our struggle.

Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.