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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRTrue peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
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The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.
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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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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
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It 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.
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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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No person has the right to rain on your dreams.
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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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The time is always right to do the right thing.
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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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