More Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.
I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'
One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people
