“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.

A right delayed is a right denied.

A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.

I hate when people are chomping their gum, even though I do it. I hate that.

I ain’t never been hater. I ain’t got no time.

You can’t hate/love others without loving/hating yourself first.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.

You know your the best when people you don’t know hate you.

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends.

There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments