"The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritua…"

"Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a desc…"

"We must set out to do a good job irrespective of race. We must seek to do our life's work so well that nobody could d…"

"The meaning of this story is not found in the drowning of the Egyptian soldiers, for no one should rejoice at the dea…"

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illumina…"

"There are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men o…"

"One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self criticism."

"Doors are opening now that were not open in the past, and the great challenge facing minority groups is to be ready t…"

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at ti…"

"The third way open to oppressed people in their quest for freedom is the way of nonviolent resistance. Like the synth…"