That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

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

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

It's an embarrassment that we don't have a broad enough consensus among political leaders that true reform should take place.

I have retired but only in body. Spiritually, I still feel able.

All forms of the state have democracy for their truth, and for that reason are false to the extent that they are not democracy

Stronger people are harder to kill

A leader has to be positive about all things that happen to his team. Look at nothing in the past as failure.

Accuracy is essential to beauty.

When we encounter an unexpected challenge of threat the only way to save ourselves is to hold on tight to the people around us and not let go.

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.