Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

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

The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.

She didn't know that all her life would be spent gambling with the stark rigidity of words, words that were coin: save, spend and all the time George with his own counter had found her a way out.

If my strength is technology, financial structuring is my son's skill.

I'd like to do 'My Best Friend's Wedding, ' 'Pretty Woman, ' Meg Ryan type stuff. Romantic comedies. I'd love to do some action stuff as well.

Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.

Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.

Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever.

It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and good advice when they are wanted.

I was a huge bookworm as a kid, and you could usually find me reading something with a dragon on its cover.

I really wanted to get to the animal core of rock music and eliminate anything that wasn't necessary.