"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."
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
"It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."