Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.

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.

Reality is constructed by our perception, and it does not actually exist without it.

If you want to be strong, be.

A person is a great process, a bridge from animal to Soul. But we do not know about it

One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.

John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body.

Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.

Always enjoy the ride, because you don't know where it's going, but it's going to be all right.

It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.

I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with fifty average people.

Sometimes it is hell, trying to get to heaven.