The most violent element in society is ignorance.
Each person is born with an infinite power, against which no earthly force is of the slightest significance.
Truth depends upon the intensity of imagination, not upon facts.
Learn to shake yourself loose from what the world believes is the only reality.
Whatever you desire, believe that you have received it, and you will.
Be careful of your moods and feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between your feelings and your visible world.
Man's responsibility, then, is to choose his destination; the motive power to bring him there is furnished by the Infinite.
And when wind and winter harden All the loveless land, It will whisper of the garden, You will understand.
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
Think, the successful idea is always in your mind. Think it out.
In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school.