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
When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time
Power comes not from knowledge kept but from knowledge shared
The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision.
Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are
The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer
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