I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.

In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .

Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

I too am compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my particular hometown.

I had a very depressing response because I realized that these were my own people, these were Negroes throwing eggs at me. I'm concerned about the fact that maybe all of us have contributed to this by not working harder to get rid of the conditions, the poverty, the social isolation, and all of the conditions that cause individuals to respond like this.

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