A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.