History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

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.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

I love jazz music and sad music. I'm a sentimental guy. I'm a romantic guy.

The rate of profit... is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.

Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.

Would you not like to be, sittin' on top of the world with your legs hanging free?

Reflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body.

I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology.

Even today I cannot believe that people who lived together could inflict horrible pain on each other.

Today the whole world depends on communism for its salvation, and China is no exception.

The history of the Church is the rise and progress of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, for the glory of God and the salvation of the world.

The loss of memory isn't always the problem; sometimes--maybe even often--it's the solution.