If you’re not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet.
Courage can feel uncomfortable. Courage is not about being popular, it’s about purpose.
We cannot thrive as a democracy when justice is reserved for only those with means.
But have faith that your good work will be a drop in the river that will eventually break the damn, ushering in a more peaceful world.
What interests are you trying to protect?
They are all marching to redeem the soul of the nation, to create a society at peace with ourselves.
When you see something that is not the way it should be, don’t be afraid. Speak up, speak out, be courageous. It’s a total commitment. No compromise. Just go for it.
Whatever good work you do, whatever powerful, profound work-do it because it’s right or because it’s necessary. Do it to make change for the better. Do it because you know you must. Don’t do it for credit.
Human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet.
What is the purpose of a nation if not to empower human beings to live better together than they could individually?
These men grew. They changed because of what they experienced, and that is all you can ask of another person.
Tension motivates the imperative to change.
In the South, we knew our adversary would stop at nothing to silence our activism. We knew we could never match his readiness to annihilate our resistance. So we ceded him that ground and challenged him instead to defend himself against the work of loving peace.
We ask ourselves ‘who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don’t feel insecure around you. When we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
There are very few people admired in history for the accumulation of wealth alone.
The human heart is the most important frontier to conquer in the struggle for human dignity.
Love is the willingness to sacrifice.
Darkness cannot overcome darkness, only light can do that.
War that is waged for power or dominion over other human beings obscures the inevitable truth that we are all members of one family, and no matter who has conquered whom, who now resents whom, who holds bitterness against whom, the only way we can have true peace is to set aside our injuries and our dedication to revenge and accept our equal divinity.
The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can you help find solutions to the challenges of our time.