There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they would die for.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation – either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.