A time comes when silence is betrayal.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

I was in the kitchen drinking coffee when I heard Coretta cry, "Martin, Martin, come quickly!" I put down my cup and ran toward the living room. As I approached the front window Coretta pointed joyfully to a slowly moving bus: "Darling, it's empty!

Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

One day the absurdity of the almost universal human belief in the slavery of other animals will be palpable. We shall then have discovered our souls and become worthier of sharing this planet with them.

Even if I were certain that the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree this very day