Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice?
Love is the greatest force in the universe. It is the heartbeat of the moral cosmos. He who loves is a participant in the being of God.
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law.
Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
Over the last few years I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek. So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.