I think that we must face the fact that in reality, you cannot have economic and political equality without having some form of social equality. I think this is inevitable.

There are some things concerning which we must always be maladjusted if we are to be people of good will. We must never adjust ourselves to racial segregation. We must never adjust ourselves to religious bigotry. We must never adjust ourselves to economic conditions that take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few.

I guess one of the great agonies of life is that we are constantly trying to finish that which is unfinishable

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

Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore Gandhi at our own risk.

Violence often brings about momentary results.

So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.