“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”

“A true friend is, as it were, a second self.”

“Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”

“The life of the dead is in the memory of the living.”

“We are not born for ourselves alone; a part of us is claimed by our nation, another part by our friends.”

“Let the nation try justice and the problem will be solved.”

“What I ask for the negro is not benevolence, not pity, not sympathy, but simply justice.”

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

“Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.”

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”