Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the system.

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

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

I’m always thinking about what I’m missing. Even when I’m happy with what I have.

My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity.

No belief or idea is sacred, unless it treats all people as sacred.

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

If you've got the chops, people these days are more accepting of you.

I don't have secrets in my life. Everything is out there.

I hate weekends because there is no stock market.

Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.