It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent

The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.