As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.

Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout "White Power!" - when nobody will shout "Black Power!" - but everybody will talk about God's power and human power.

It is an overflowing love, which seeks nothing in return. Theologians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart. And when one rises to love on this level, he is able to love the person who does the evil deed, while hating the deed that the person does.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.

Basic to our democratic civilization are the principles and convictions that have bound us together as a nation. Among these are personal liberty, human rights, and the dignity of man. All these have their roots in a deeply held religious faith -- in a belief in God.

God is not interested merely in freeing black men and brown men and yellow men, but God is interested in freeing the whole human race.