Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRAt the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies.
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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 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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Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
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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.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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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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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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