Every man [human being] is an heir to a legacy of dignity and worth

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

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

I may not be the man I want to be; I may not be the man I ought to be; I may not be the man I could be; I may not be the man I truly can be; but praise God, I'm not the man I once was

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.

The church must be the critic and guide of the state, and never its tool.