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a13a8aa Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. drive-out hate light darkness love inspirational peace Martin Luther King Jr.
36f9c51 Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
4e94139 In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
974914c If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
7029ca9 But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. hope inspirational Martin Luther King, Jr.
9d30ec9 No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for. death inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
861c3d1 If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. inspirational excellence Martin Luther King Jr.
a06b84a Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period,.. hate love redemption destruction enemies Martin Luther King Jr.
f85cef3 I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. prejudice dream character inspirational race Martin Luther King Jr.
564ca43 I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls. racism inspirational race-relations Martin Luther King Jr.
b13c726 We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools. wisdom inspirational brotherhood Martin Luther King Jr.
644fbac As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. sacrifice inspirational activism healing justice Martin Luther King Jr.
fcecd33 the time is always right to do the right thing inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
4a0f1a5 Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. Martin Luther King Jr.
77ed837 Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last. freedom dreams inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
38c3f5b An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
9a27f60 One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. change inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
63f8254 Lightning makes no sound until it strikes. Martin Luther King Jr.
63c773c Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Martin Luther King Jr.
7b86a4f We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. spiritual inspirational cultural Martin Luther King Jr.
50d2c89 Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. social-justice Martin Luther King Jr.
f22e784 Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. human-rights righteousness america freedom inspirational stream peace justice water pride Martin Luther King Jr.
7a7de13 Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it. Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency ask the question, is it politic? Martin Luther King Jr.
98d8c08 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the hea.. martin-luther-king Martin Luther King Jr.
6a71930 Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait. struggles life inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
704622a One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. A persistent schizophrenia leaves so many of us tragically divided against ourselves. On the one hand, we proudly profess certain sublime and noble principles, but on the other hand, we sadly practise the very antithesis of these principles. How often are our lives characterised by a high blood pressure of creeds .. words war love-in-action martin-luther-king-jr peace Martin Luther King Jr.
1f7aad5 It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time." violence silence social-justice change indifference good-people vitriol social-movements repentance generations Martin Luther King Jr.
c85b587 It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it. inspirational Martin Luther King Jr.
6418feb One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong Martin Luther King Jr.
28887a7 Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King Jr.
5866386 There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity. Martin Luther King Jr.
d5a8f32 We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. opression Martin Luther King Jr.
75fb65f I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who pref.. liberals privilege race Martin Luther King Jr.
b9c6c18 The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values")" -- universe morals physics values Martin Luther King Jr.
170a2f1 And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. dreams inspirational sweet Martin Luther King Jr.
34f5762 In a real sense all life is inter-related. All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be... This is the inter-related structure of reality. Martin Luther King Jr.
058ab00 Find a voice in a whisper. life Martin Luther King Jr.
dc79cbe The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. Martin Luther King Jr.
b63a315 One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Martin Luther King Jr.
404f04d We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King Jr.
ab51c9e So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends. Martin Luther King Jr.
6b5ea90 Violence brings only temporary victories; violence, by creating many more social problems than it solves, never brings permanent peace. Martin Luther King Jr.
1c407b9 Too unconcerned to love and too passionless to hate, too detached to be selfish and too lifeless to be unselfish, too indifferent to experience joy and too cold to express sorrow, they are neither dead nor alive; they merely exist. Martin Luther King Jr.
5e93ec0 And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! Martin Luther King Jr.
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