My uncertainty disappeared. Segregation is evil, and I cannot, as a minister, condone evil.

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

Vivid living is your destiny! You are a being of color and light. Unleash your bliss.

Never permit anyone to interfere with your bond with happiness.

Not every lost soul wants to be found, because not every lost is lost, some of them found something or many thing or even everything in their lostness!

Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine.

Instead of building castles against your enemies, build bridges for them to come to you!

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt.

Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.

Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.