1. “Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.”
2. “Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.”
3. “Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.”
4. “It appears that my worst fears have been realised: we have made progress in everything yet nothing has changed.”
5. “Self-esteem is like a difficult-to-cultivate flower. It requires frequent nurturing that occurs when you keep your word and follow through your promises.”
6. “Slavery, is an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do.”
7. “The challenge throughout has been to tell what I view as the truth about racism without causing disabling despair.”
8. “Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.”
9. “Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.”
10. “Courage is finite resource, it is exhausted by the terrors we face.”
