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

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

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.

The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity

Any woman can weep without tears, " she answered over her shoulder, "and most can heal with their hands. It depends on the wound. She is a woman, Your Highness, and that's riddle enough

Worship is an inward reverence, the bowing down of the soul in the presence of God.

Don't take shortcuts; if I want to be true to my beliefs, then shortcuts do not exist.

By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the winds.

A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.

I guess Madden had seen everything with out group, and everybody else had seen everything. (After coming to practice field riding a horse and wearing a German WWI helmet painted silver and black)

I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.

Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask roses.

I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.