There 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 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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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.
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We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Violence is not only impractical but immoral.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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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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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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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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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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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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One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
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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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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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You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.
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Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.
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