Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.
From Martin Luther King, Jr.
The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.
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