Cesar Chavez

In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards.

Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life.

When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and that no one has a right to take that away in any cause, however just. I am convinced that nonviolence is more powerful than violence.

Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things.

Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.

We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves...

When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.