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

The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.

True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.

I have DECIDED to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. GOD is love.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

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."