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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
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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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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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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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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
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True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
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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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We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.
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Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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