None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
—Pearl S. Buck
The wheels of justice . . . they're square wheels.
—Barbara Corcoran
An unrectified case of injustice has a terrible way of lingering, restlessly, in the social atmosphere like an unfinished equation.
—Mary McCarthy
The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.
—Unknown
My conviction is that I have suffered for things that I am guilty of. I am suffering because I am a radical, and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I was an Italian, and indeed I am an Italian; I have suffered more for my family and for my beloved than for myself; but I am so convinced to be right that if you would execute me two times, and if I could be reborn two other times, I would live again to do what I have done already.
—Bartolomeo Vanzetti
He who limps is still walking.
—Stanislaw J. Lec
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
—Japanese proverb
Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.
—Mahatma Gandhi
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.
—Annie Dillard
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time a tremendous whack.
—Winston Churchill
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
It is better to live a holy life than to talk about it. Lighthouses do not ring bells and fire cannons to call attention to their shining; they just shine.
—D. L. Moody
Nonviolence is not some exalted regimen that can be practiced only by a monk or a master; it also pertains to the way one interacts with a child, vacuums a carpet, or waits in line. . . . Whenever we separate ourselves from a given situation (for example, through inattentiveness, negative judgments, or impatience), we "kill" something valuable: . . . people, things, one's own composure, the moment itself. . . . These small-scale incidences of violence accumulate relentlessly, are multiplied on a social level, and become a source of the large-scale violence that can sweep down upon us so suddenly. . . . One need not wait until war is declared and bullets are flying to work for peace. . . . A more constant and equally urgent battle must be waged each day against the forces of one's own anger, carelessness, and self-absorption.
—Kenneth Kraft
Seek the company of those who are still seeking the truth and run away from those who think they have found it.
—J. T. O'Hara
As you press on with justice, be sure to move with dignity and discipline, using only the weapons of love.
—Martin Luther King Jr.