God made the world from nothing, and if we can be nothing, then God can make something of us.

Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.

If you have not discovered something you are willing to die for, then you are not fit to live.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

The time has come for an all-out war against poverty. The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for "the least of these".

Education without direction is a one-sided social value. Direct action without education is a meaningless expression of pure energy.