Martin Luther King

 

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

 

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... 

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

 

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

 

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. 

That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

 

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.

 

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

 

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.

 

 

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

 

 

Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.

I have decided to stick with love. 
Hate is too great a burden to bear.



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.