If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all [...]
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Without love, benevolence becomes egotism.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, [...]
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.
He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period [...]
Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
The time is always right to do what is right.
We must constantly build dykes [...]
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Don’t hate, it’s too big a burden to bear.
If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he [...]