Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.

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

We didn't make ourselves, " she says. "We aren't the greatest things to exist. I can't believe that. I won't believe that. We have too many faults.

Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted. Everyone has a chance at it. We’re equals after all. There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens. We’re all humans and we all have the same value.

Bright as does the morning star appear, Out of the east with flaming locks bedight, To tell the dawning day is drawing near.

The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

I'm a million miles away, and at the same time I'm right here in your picture frame.

So far we have done too much of 'spatial engineering'. The real thing is 'non-spatial engineering'.

Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.

The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this.

Moral nihilism comes with a price we can now see.

You know you're getting older when they're making TV shows, sequels or plays for things that you did. It's very flattering and very humbling, indeed.