Monday, January 17, 2011

Monday Morning Quotes: Martin Luther King Jr.

“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.”

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”

“Let no man pull you low enough to hate him.”  

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.“

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”

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

“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.“

“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.”

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