The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

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

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.