I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land.

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.

The time is always right to do what is right.

We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

That old law about ''an eye for an eye'' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

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

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.