Choosing nonviolence does not mean that one will never get angry or become upset with others, including the ones we love.
BERNICE KINGI spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
More Bernice King Quotes
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
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In the end, I still have the same hope as my father – that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the last word.
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You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.
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Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.
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Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.
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Environmental injustice is a tangible, intolerable example of an exhibited moral laxity and minimal concern for healthy standards by corporations and political structures based on the race, ethnicity, and class of those being impacted.
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What I’m trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, ‘We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we’re going to perish as fools.’
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Without my ministry, I would just be Martin Luther King’s daughter. You know, when people call me that, it doesn’t bother me anymore. I know I am not my father. I know I am me.
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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we’re not careful, it’ll overtake us, and we’ll self-destruct.
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My father literally fought his entire life to ensure the inclusion of all people because he understood that we were intertwined and connected together in humanity.
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When my father died, the money he left us would have dried up within a year were it not for my mother. We might very well have ended up on welfare.
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I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.
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Love is not a weak, spineless emotion; it is a powerful moral force on the side of justice.
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If I had to do it all over again, would I want my dad here? I would say no. Our world is in a better place because our father gave his life.
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