Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
My life is my message.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.