Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

The question, 'Who ought to be boss?' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tenor in a quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Wherever there is injustice, war, discrimination against women, gays and the disadvantaged, I did my best to show up and exert moral persuasion.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism… The one absolutely certain way of brining this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe & agreeable Asylum to the virtuous & persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

Diversity of opinion within the framework of loyalty to our free society is not only basic to a university but to the entire nation.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

A society that tolerates intimidation as a means of settling disputes…loses its moral rights to exist as a social system, and its collapse does not take long to follow.

Society in every state is a blessing, but Government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Fundamentally, there are only to ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion — the technique of the army and the modern totalitarian state. The other is voluntary cooperation — the technique of the marketplace.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

No matter how outrageous a lie may be, it will be accepted if stated loudly enough and often enough.