Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
Hatred paralyses life; love releases it.
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.
Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
If a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.
As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
The time is always right to do what’s right.
Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
We are bound together in a single garment of destiny.
A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
But life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in fruitful harmony.
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go.
We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.
