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Martin Luther King, Jr: Dark enough
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King: Nothing more dangerous
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” —- Martin Luther King.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Moral arc
“The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr: Guilt
One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. -Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968). Embed from Getty Images
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Bitterness
“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. ” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Deep
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. —Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), U.S. clergyman, civil rights leader. “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Why We Can’t Wait (1963).
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Hate
“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man’s sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.” Martin Luther…
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Martin Luther King Jr: Directly, indirectly
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. ” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment…
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Martin Luther King: Non-violence
“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” —Martin Luther…
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Mortality and immortality
“Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Related articles What Martin Luther King Had To Say About ‘Right To Work’(addictinginfo.org) December 5, 1955 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrates the Success of the Black Bus Boycott in Alabama(rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com) Martin Luther King Jr. //…
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Martin Luther King Jr: Lightness of love
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Finding yourself
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ” —Mohandas Gandhi Related articles Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -1948 (carocks.wordpress.com) Tribute to Mohandas K. Gandhi (2nd Oct 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat; † 30th Jan 1948 in New-Delhi, Delhi) (imcradiodotnet.wordpress.com) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (earthpages.wordpress.com) Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) (time.com) Mohandas…
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Martin Luther King Jr : Respect for the law
“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.” –Martin Luther King Jr. Related articles Martin Luther King, Jr: Just Vs. Unjust…
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Martin Luther King Jr: Cruel Jest
It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is a cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. –Martin Luther King, Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Measure of a man
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Challenge and controversy
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr., quoted in “Older & Wiser” Embed from Getty Images Related articles by Zemanta Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes (beliefnet.com)
Quite a Quote! 