Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being 'disturbers of the peace' and 'outside agitators.' But they went on with...
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 together at the table of brotherhood.
I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as...
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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 as...
In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.
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.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the ques...
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.
If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.
We must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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