“I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like any man, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. 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. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land.”

“If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.”

“An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“The time is always right to do what's right.”

“We must all learn to live together as brothers — or we will all perish together as fools.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

“The truth — that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”

“Love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth.”

“Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”