When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too small in quantity, but they are big in quality.

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

In our society, it is psychological murder to deprive a man of a job...you are in substance saying to that man "You have no right to exist.

If you want to be important-wonderful. If you want to be recognized-wonderful. If you want to be great-wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness.