True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JROne of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.
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One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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A lie cannot live.
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Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.
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Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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