Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
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.