“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“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“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“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
Faith“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Good“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.”
Life“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“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.”
Life“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.”
Love“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”
Love“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
Hope“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“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.”
Men“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.”
Respect“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.”
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“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
Love“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
Love“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.”
Love“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“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.”
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