We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.