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 JRPeace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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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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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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