True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRAt the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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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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A lie cannot live.
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A right delayed is a right denied.
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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 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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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
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