In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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.
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.
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.
When you get to the end of your rope. Tie a knot and hang on.
Write hard and clear about what hurts.
So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.
Writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.