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
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
Love is a serious mental disease
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free
There is nothing more ancient than the truth
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better
Death is the best teacher
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