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We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.
Oct 1, 2025
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate.
Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate... Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.
Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. They are complementary.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
I oppose the war in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against it not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart, and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as a moral example of the world.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Love's not love When it is mingled with regards that stand Aloof from th' entire point.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
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.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.
Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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.
The time is always right to do what is right.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
What are you doing for others?
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
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.
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.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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.
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.