"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."

"No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for."

"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."

"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."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will."

"Find a voice in a whisper."

"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."

"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."