Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

No one is born hating another person because of the color 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.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall… think of it, always.

If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

There is peace even in the storm.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one’s country which is not part of one’s love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship.

Ego says, Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace. Spirit says, Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.

The most violent element in society is ignorance.

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. Cesar Chavez Address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Nov. 9, 1984.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined…

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.