The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JROur scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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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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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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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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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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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
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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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