Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers.

Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate.

The difference between a dreamer and a visionary is that a dreamer has his eyes closed and a visionary has his eyes open

I think a revolution can survive without single centralized leadership.

The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A boycott is never an end within itself. It is merely a means to awaken a sense of shame within the oppressor but the end is reconciliation, the end is redemption.

Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.

We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured and refurbished.