Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not a...
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....
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
هیچ چیز خطرناکتر از این نیست که جامعه ای بسازیم که در آن بیشتر مردم حس کنند هیچ سهمی در آن ندارند مردمی که حس میکنند سهمی در جامعه دارند از آن جامعه محافظت می کنند
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Only in the darkness can you see the stars.
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
We must use time creatively.
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.