Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. As Rabbi Marc Gellman of The God Squad wrote in his weekly column on Friday, this is a holiday without rituals and he would like “this day to have a deeper significance than just a day with no postal delivery.”

I’ve chosen to remember Dr. King as a preacher, politician and modern day prophet by sharing a few of my favorite quotes from him.

“I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.”

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish as fools.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Harriet