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 JRI became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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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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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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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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We must substitute courage for caution.
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Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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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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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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