Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

"Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Immortality quotes.

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Life quotes.

"Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?"
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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Conservatives quotes.

"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Lies quotes.

"A man who won't die for something is not fit to live."
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"All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality."
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"At night always carry in your heart something from Holy Scriptures to bed with you, meditate upon it like a ruminant animal, and go softly to sleep; but this must not be too much, rather a little that may be well pondered and understood, that you may find a remnant of it in your mind when you rise in the morning."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Bed quotes.

"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Conflict quotes.

"I more fear what is within me than what comes from without."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Fear quotes.

"The time is always right to do what is right."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Time quotes.

"But I know somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars."
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"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."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Evil quotes.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."
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"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Progress quotes.

"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
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"You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Responsibility quotes.

"Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Dreams quotes.

"Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force... If we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has the right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Evil quotes.

"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Hate quotes.

"Unless I am convinced by proofs from Scriptures or by plain and clear reasons and arguments, I can and will not retract, for it is neither safe nor wise to do anything against conscience. Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in God quotes.

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Conflict quotes.

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Science quotes.

"God is not merely interestd in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men.He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Freedom quotes.

"Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Music quotes.

"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."
-Martin Luther King Jr. in Reality quotes.