The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell the future of his children for his personal and immediate comfort and safety.

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die

When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.

The decision we must make now is whether we will give our allegiance to outmoded and unjust customs or to the ethical demands of the universe. As Christians we owe our allegiance to God and His will, rather than to man and his folkways

Violence is anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Education without morals is like a ship without a compass, merely wandering nowhere.