Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThere is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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There is no gain without struggle.
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The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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A lie cannot live.
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Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.
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