Surely all of us are nerved by one another, catch courage from one another.

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

There should be no censorship of mail.

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.

I always have my reasons, even when I don't know what they are.

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.

[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.

I'm on a quest to claim absolute victory on every front.

There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable.

Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.

Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse.

Discouragement is contagious and is easily transmitted to others.

If it isn't a wonderful story first, who cares how "important" it is?