“[I] know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....”

“When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.”

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

“Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace.”

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

“One of the greatest problems of history is that the concepts of love and power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a resignation of power and power with a denial of love. What is needed is a realization that power without love is reckless and abusive and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.”

“The ultimate tragedy of Birmingham was not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence of the good people.”