Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
We must use time creatively.
Seeing is not always believing.
The time is always right to do what is right.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
A right delayed is a right denied.
Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
If i wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, i must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.
They have acted in the faith that right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant
The arch of history is long, but it bends towards justice.
No labor is really menial unless you’re not getting adequate wages