What has been doing in the last week, attacking Hollywood actresses [Meryl Streep] for criticizing him, I mean what would is this guy [Donald Trump] living in?

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.

How could the death of someone you had never met affect you so?

you have always a choice between being a winner or a loser in your life.

She's a girl after my own heart. Food first, conversation later.

Healing is a revolutionary act and we are here to awaken to the true nature of our own souls and the gifts we have to give to the world.

my mother and then my mom then my mom

When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

The time never lies heavy upon him; it is impossible for him to be alone.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.