Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.

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

Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner.

Better to honor the pinch of fear than regret the punch of fang.

Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think its a wonderful thing.

My favourite subjects at school were algebra and logic: making a big problem into something small.

Now is the time to know that God is able. To connect your current reality with God's present ability.

When writing, I model all the heroes after myself. Of course, it's hard to make them quite as wonderful as I am, but I come as close as I can.