Quotes

“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.” Martin Luther King

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” Martin Luther King

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King

“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King

“Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.” Martin Luther King

“Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.” Martin Luther King

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King

“When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.” Martin Luther King

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” Martin Luther King

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” Martin Luther King

“The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.” Martin Luther King

“I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.... But be assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.” Martin Luther King

“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” Martin Luther King

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King

“I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.” Martin Luther King

“...And I've looked over, and I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man.” Martin Luther King

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Martin Luther King

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King

“Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war.” Martin Luther King

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Martin Luther King

“It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.” Saint Ignatius

“Teach us to give and not to count the cost.” Saint Ignatius

“The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.” Saint Ignatius

“True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.” Saint Ignatius

“We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.” Saint Ignatius

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.” John Lennon

“Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.” John Lennon

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon

“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” John Lennon

“A man's dying is more the survivors' affair than his own.” Thomas Mann