Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Faith is one of only two things in mankind's consciousness that defies discussion. The other is one's marriage.

Those words make a mockery of our battle. Our fight showed me the power of the human will and the possibilities held by the future

Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.

I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.

The profoundest facts in the earth's history prove that the oceans have always been oceans.

I'm not real. I'm theatre.

I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.

Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.