Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness
Lightning makes no sound until it strike
We are not makers of history, We are made by history
Our enemies are our greatest moral teachers, because they thrust our faults in our faces
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are
Happiness does not exist in a place where justice does not exist.
We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
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