I have reached the conclusion, a bit late perhaps, that speeches should be short.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty.

Condemn me, it does not matter: history will absolve me.

We must establish a new world order based on justice, on equity, and on peace.

One of the greatest benefits of the revolution is that even our prostitutes are college graduates.

It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and a plan of action.

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.

...quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship.

There is talk of the failure of socialism, and where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia, and in Latin America?

A great difference between the womb and the tomb is the w and the t! We waist great and precious time as we journey from the womb to the tomb

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

You have to change your mind with every orchestra because every orchestra has a different character.

There is no way that we can understand it all. So the heart's response to that mystery is faith - a trust in the fundamental orderliness of the universe.

The best thing a society can do is ensure its children are taken care of.

There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

True healing, of deep connective tissue, takes place in community. Where is God when it hurts? Where God's people are.

There are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family.

There is extreme poverty in Appalachia, where I was, and increasingly poverty is not just an urban thing.