The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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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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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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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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If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
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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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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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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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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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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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Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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