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
The human being obtains some of his misfortunes by failing to attend to his own comfort.
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness
I'm not always annoying, sometimes I sleep too
That knowledge is of no avail which is not put into practice
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