Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That's the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

We must use time creatively.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Giving All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

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