The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.
There is no gain without struggle.
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason there of until all of the events transpire.
It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
Religion is for people who’re afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who’ve already been there.
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
A right delayed is a right denied.
Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.