If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?
Music is the universal language of mankind.
Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.
In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.