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There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Way, Excellent
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.97, Beacon Press

The self cannot be self without other selves.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Self
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, p.208, Beacon Press

But by all means, keep moving.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Moving, Mean, Keep Moving
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.123, Beacon Press

You're as good as anybody.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Essence

I am not afraid of the word tension.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tension, Not Afraid, Creative Tension
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.58, Beacon Press

It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Morning, Sunday
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story”, p.219, Beacon Press

God made the world from nothing, and if we can be nothing, then God can make something of us.

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World, Made, Ifs

If a man has not discovered anything so dying is not worth living

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Men, Dying, Worth Living

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heart, Men, One Day
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Love Is, Principles
Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood, delivered 26 February 1965

He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did his job well'

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jobs, Greatness, Heaven
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

You have to keep moving forward

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Moving, Moving Forward, Keep Moving Forward

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Laughter, Heart

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dream, Kings, Son
Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse to do the things that make for peace.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace, Men, Cry
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.66, Beacon Press

Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar because a higher moral law was involved. It was practiced superbly by the early Christians who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks, before submitting to certain unjust laws of the Roman empire.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Pain, Block
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.93, Beacon Press

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Law, Unjust
"Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Christian, Hate
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.362, Univ of California Press

It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the ligitimate goals of his life.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Men, Two, Goal
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.124, Univ of California Press

There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ignorance, Prejudice, Half
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

I feel that segregation is totally unchristian, and that it is against everything the Christian religion stands for.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Segregation, Unchristian
Letter to Sally Canada on September 19, 1956. "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr". Book edited by Clayborne Carson, Ralph E. Luker, Penny A. Russell, and Pete Holloran, Volumes 2-3, p. 373, 1992.

Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored... I am not afraid of the word tension. I have earnestly worked and preached against violent tension, and there is a type of constructive tension that is necessary for growth.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Direct Action, Issues, Creative
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.88, Beacon Press

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Law, Vote, Protection

Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Justice, Injustice, Injustice Anywhere

Set yourself earnestly to discover what you are made to do, and then give yourself passionately to the doing of it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christian, Ambition, Giving
Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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