Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.

What are you doing for others?

Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.

Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity.