Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRNot 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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Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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Hate destroys the hater.
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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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Find a voice in a whisper.
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Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can’t ride your back unless it is bent
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.
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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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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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We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
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It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.
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There is no gain without struggle.
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I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
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