Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or to feel remorse for this shameful episode.

World hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so! God has made the universe to be based on a moral law. So long as man disobeys it he is revolting against God. That’s what we need in the world today - people who will stand for right and goodness.

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

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.

It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

We must have the faith that things will work out somehow, that God will make a way for us when there seems no way.