"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."

"Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait."

"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"

"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend."

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

"Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from "Loving Your Enemies")"

"I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

"What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way."

"And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."

"It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it."

"One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change."

"Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."

"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."

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

"the time is always right to do the right thing"

"As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course."

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

"I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls."