“The disciplined resentment of my father and mother, and the power of the mass action of the church.”

There is no future for a people who deny their past.

I am the product of the sustained indignation of a branded grandfather, the militant protest of my grandmother

The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn’t got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.

Press forward at all times, climbing forward toward that higher ground of the harmonious society that shapes the laws of man to the laws of God.

No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.

We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.

A man’s respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.

Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

It’s never the right time to take a particular stand.

If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.

I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.

Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.

Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing? It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant. We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

It is foolish in the extreme not only to resort to force before necessity compels, but especially to madly create the conditions that will lead to this necessity.

Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.

Much of today’s church relies more on a book the early church didn’t have, than the Holy Spirit they did.

I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future.