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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JROne 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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRMan must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTake the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRDarkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRYou are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThose 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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRA man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRViolence is not only impractical but immoral.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThe greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNonviolence 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 JRIt may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRA lie cannot live.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRThere is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRWe must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR