Daily Quote Archives

“In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.”

“The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.”

“Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.”

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction”

“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; knows not the livid loneliness of fear.”

“The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.”

“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”

“Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.”

“Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.”

“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

“In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.”

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

“Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”

“Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us.”

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”

“Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.”

“The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need to make our nation a better place, just as we make it a safer place.”

“A people free to choose will always choose peace.”

“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.”

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”