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 JRThe 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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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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The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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A lie cannot live.
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A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.
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Those 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.
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No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
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Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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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Nonviolence 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.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
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