Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.

With the tough mind, there must also be a tender heart.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.

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

Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.