We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.

As the weeks and months unfolded, we realized that we were the victims of a broken promise.

We must substitute courage for caution.

It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.

I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.

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