Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

When I am commanded to love, I am commanded to restore community, to resist injustice, and to meet the needs of my brothers.

I think in this phase, after the Negro emerges in and from the desegregated society, then a great deal of time must be spent in improving standards which lag behind to a large extent because of segregation,discrimination, and the legacy of slavery.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity?

Capitalism started out with a noble and high motive, but like most human systems it fell victim to the very thing it was revolting against.

Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself.