"A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail."

"What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves."

"I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines."

"The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society."

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments."

"It is a humble truth that peace of heart is the greatest luxury life can bestow upon the mortal traveler."

"Every season of life has its own unique blossom, if only we take care to notice. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy."