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.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JRFind a voice in a whisper.
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True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
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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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Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
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One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong
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Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.
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But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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There comes a time when silence is betrayal.
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We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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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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If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
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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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