Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.

We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you....Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and, as difficult as it is, we will still love you.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties.

These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.