He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

Power at its best is love implementing the demand of justice.

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

If a person sweeps streets for a living, he should sweep them as Michelangelo painted, as Beethoven composed, as Shakespear wrote.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

We can walk through the darkest night with the radiant conviction that all things work together for the good.