“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Great“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
Best“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
Hope“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Great“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.”
Equality“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”
Death“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
Life“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
Faith“I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.”
Good“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
Leadership“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.”
Art“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.”
Good“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.”
Men“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
Money“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.”
Equality“We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Freedom“The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'”
Good“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
Time“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”
Faith“We must use time creatively.”
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