Our world has always had two kinds of changers, the social changers and the money changers.

One acts decisively only in the conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

Once you accept your own death, all of a sudden you're free to live. You no longer care about your reputation. You no longer care except so far as your life can be used tactically to promote a cause you believe in.

History is a relay of revolutions.

Curiosity and irreverence go together. Curiosity cannot exist without the other. Curiosity asks, "Is this true?" "Just because this has always been the way, is the best or right way of life, the best or right religion, political or economic value, morality?" To the questioner, nothing is sacred. He detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead. He is challenging, insulting, agitating, discrediting. He stirs unrest.

Never do for someone what they can do for themselves.