We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
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
happiness is... having friends with the same mental disorders as yours
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop
To seek death is death's only cure.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven
Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody’s watching, and doing as you say you would do
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