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 JRAt the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
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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.
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Hate destroys the hater.
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We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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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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The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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