"We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
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Martin Luther King Jr.
43 quotes
Quotes by Martin Luther King Jr.
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
"the time is always right to do the right thing"
"What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant."
"Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others."
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."
"No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for."
"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."
"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream."
"It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it."
"If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live"
"Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals."
"Like anybody, I would like to have a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will."
"Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals."