If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement.

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

My sufficiency is in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ.

My best advice is never to address any woman as Madam unless she holds a high position in government or you happen to find yourself in a brothel speaking to its owner.

I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami but salami is salami.

Each of us visits this Earth involuntarily, and without an invitation. For me, it is enough to wonder at the secrets.

Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.

Worry, about the 'thousand and one' details entailed. My one-track mind has to be relieved of these worries completely or I cannot get started working on my paintings, or even get to sleep at night.

The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.

Self-love is a busy prompter.

Growing is an important part of the business, but more important than that is to get better.

Intelligent Design opens the whole possibility of us being created in the image of a benevolent God.