A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.

Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate. This is why the psychiatrists say, "Love or perish." Hate is too great a burden to bear.

America, you must be born again!

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law . . That would lead to anarchy.

Power is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice is love correcting everything that goes against love.