A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Strength to Love
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Morality cannot be legislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.