The great majority of Americans are suspended between these opposing attitudes. They are uneasy with injustice but unwilling yet to pay a significant price to eradicate it.

Agape means recognition of the fact that all life is interrelated. All humanity is involved in a single process, and all men are brothers. To the degree that I harm my brother, no matter what he is doing to me, to that extent I am harming myself.

The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even the church, is filled up with people who pay lip service to God and not life service. And there is always a danger that we will make it appear externally that we believe in God when internally we don't. We say with our mouths that we believe in him, but we live with our lives like he never existed. That is the ever-present danger confronting religion. That's a dangerous type of atheism.

We still have a choice today: nonviolence coesistence or violent coannihilation.

Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

‎It is a cruel injustice to tell a bootless man to pull himself up by his bootstraps.