The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed

I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.

Good things might happen in your life or bad things might happen, sometimes terrible things, but no matter what happens, your soul is your own. And no one and nothing can stop you.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

Here at the sea---especially at the sea---I could hear my sister’s voice in the waves: “Kira-kira! Kira-kira!

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human.

'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.

I need to write to be happy.

Start. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.