An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRLet us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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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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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
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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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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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We must substitute courage for caution.
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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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