"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
— Martin Luther King Jr. (I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World, Special 75th Anniversary Edition)

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all."
— Emily Dickinson

"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
— Albert Einstein

"Few are those who can see with their own eyes and hear with their own hearts."
— Albert Einstein

"A word is dead when it's been said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day."
— Emily Dickinson

"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet."
— Emily Dickinson

"You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation were they will not be judge by the color of their skin but by the content of their character ."
— Martin Luther King Jr. (I Have a Dream: Twenty-Four Writings and Speeches That Changed the World)

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"There comes a time when silence is betrayal."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and 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.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
— Oscar Wilde

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde