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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRForgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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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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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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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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The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
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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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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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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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We must substitute courage for caution.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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