No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity

We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you....Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and, as difficult as it is, we will still love you.

We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor, both black and white, both here and abroad.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

We all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade.

If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for.