Martin Luther King Jr Quotes

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

Deep Philosophy Shadow
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Darkness Drive Hate Inspirational Light Love Peace
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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Achievement Avoid Ending God Happiness Life Pain Pleasure
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
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Arrive Distant Dreamss Goals Peace Seek
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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Behaviour Change Heart Heartless Moral
We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.
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Alone Hustle Inspirational Pledge Walk
We must substitute courage for caution.
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Caution Courage One Liner Substitude
Hate destroys the hater.
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Deep Destroy Hate One Liner Peace Reality
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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Aggression Conflict Foundation Human Love Man Rejection Revenge
Be the peace you wish to see in the world.
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Change One Liner Peace World
Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles
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Courage Despite Obstacle Resolution
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
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Capable Enemy Force Friendship Love Transform
Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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Children Connection Ending Heart Love Neighbors Reason
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
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History One Liner Past
Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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Circumstances Coward One Liner Surrender
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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Finding Forget Happiness Search
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
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Beginning Death Deep Die Life Reality Speak Truth
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
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Darkness Hate Hatred Life Love
I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
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Convinced Cooperation Education Evil Goodness Moral Noncooperation Obligation
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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Future Peace Poverty Revenge War
If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.
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Blind Eyes Funny Humour Nation Teeth
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
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Conscience Ending Live Peace Seek Society
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Forgiveness Hate Love Power
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Justice One Liner Threat
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Freedom Justice Peace Stream Water
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
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Faith Inspirational Praise Stair Step
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
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Acceptance Deep Disappointment Hope Infinite Inspirational One Liner

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