Michael Schwerner

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of such a world is a form of rebellion."

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

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

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."

"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."

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it."

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."

"Knowledge is power."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The measure of a person is not how they behave in moments of comfort and convenience, but how they stand at times of challenge and controversy."

"I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."

"The question is not whether we can afford to invest in our children, but whether we can afford not to."

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."

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

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

"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."

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

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable."

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

"The softness of the tongue beats the hardness of the teeth."

"Means and ends are inseparable."