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“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
“Non-violence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history which cuts without wounding and enobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.”
“If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all th...”
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.”
“I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its i...”
“Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.”
“It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.”
“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.”
“We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.”
“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.”
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their i...”
“We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope.”
“If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for he isn't fit to live.”
“Hatred paralyzes life love releases it. Hatred confuses life love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life love illumines it.”
“Don't hate it's too big a burden to bear.”
“Without love benevolence becomes egotism.”
“I want to be the white man's brother not his brother-in-law.”
“If a man is called to be a streetsweep-er he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the ...”
