Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

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

Tradition in the nursery has acted as a severe editor.

Love causes us to be deeply connected in an unspoken way. It happens when we're really available, really open.

I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.

The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

For myself it would be most irksome to be ruled by a bevy of Platonic Guardians, even if I knew how to choose them, which I assuredly do not.

To philosophize with open eyes is to philosophize in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun.

I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar.