A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.

The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

Our task, of course, is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think, in fact, that one could give that as a definition of revolution.

This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat.

There should be no censorship of mail.

Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

Vengeance is not the point: change is.

When you need motivation, look no where! Just say "YES, I CAN DO IT

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they find to laugh at.

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative.

How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!

I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.

If any QB can complete passes to himself, it's Johnny Manziel.

Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it.

We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others.