Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

I expect God to use me, not because of who I am but because of who Jesus is. Not because of what I've done, but because of what Jesus has done.

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

I'm really glad Westerns have had a revival. Hopefully our little resurgence will last a while.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Now, gentlemen, let tomorrow be their Waterloo!

Fiction creating reality.

There is no trusting appearances.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!