Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

Will we march only to the music of time, or will we, risking criticism and abuse, march to the soul-saving music of eternity? – Martin Luther King,Jr., Strength to Love, 1963

The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Nobel Prize lecture, 11 December 1968

In the final analysis the weakness of Black Power is its failure to see that the black man needs the white man and the white man needs the black man. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967