There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?

Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.

And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

Jesus Christ was an extremist for love, truth and goodness.