Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals.

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

Our goal is to create a beloved community," said Dr. King, "and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

Ten cures for depression are to go out and do something for someone else and repeat it nine times.