Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.

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.

Live in a way that would not leave us regretting after so many years on earth.

I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.

I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.

The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man.

Both happiness and unhappiness depend on perception

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

You saved me life, she tried to tell him. Not forever, not for good. Probably just temporarily. But you saved my life, and now I'm yours. The me that's me right now is yours. Always.