John Lewis

"Intelligence is not the ability to have complex thoughts. It is the ability to respond to complexity."

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

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

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"If you are cut off, you begin to think of yourself in a new way."

"The time is always right to do what is right."

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

"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."

"The purpose of education is to awaken curiosity in the human mind."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding."

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they are judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

"The greatest threat to our world is not the power of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander."

"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically."

"Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late."

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."

"I feel that the highest expression of a man's nature is achieved when he speaks forth in words and deeds."

"The greatest of all virtues is to help your brother in need."

"If you cannot fly, then run; if you cannot run, then walk; if you cannot walk, then crawl."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence."

"We are not makers of history. We are made by history."

"To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it."

"Our ambition must be our ideals."