It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

In this revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.

Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumines it.