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
All knowledge degenerates into probability
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future
He is an intelligent person who can translate his actions into good
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once
Our enemies are our greatest moral teachers, because they thrust our faults in our faces
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