"When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"Action conquers fear"

"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied"

"The ancestor of every action is a thought"

"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"

"There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action"