“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Love“We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”
Love“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“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
Men“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.”
Good“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
History“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Great“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
Love“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
Freedom“It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.”
Society“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“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
Work“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
Love“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“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
Love“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.”
War“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“If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive.”
Death“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
Time“Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.”
Sympathy“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
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