More Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.
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?'
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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.
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity
The ability to lead a happy life is made, not found
Whatever your life's work is, do it well.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many
Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right?
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
