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There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Health, Individual
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2017). “The Measure of a Man”, p.18, Pickle Partners Publishing

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Inspirational, Life, God
Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

We can no longer afford to worship the God of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate. Love is the key to the solution of the problems of the world.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Hate, Ocean
"The Quest for Peace and Justice". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1964.

Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social, and the kingdom of brotherhood is found neither in the thesis of communism nor the antithesis of capitalism but in a higher synthesis. It is found in a higher synthesis that combines the truths of both.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, War, Communication
"Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?". Book by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1967.

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Respect, Men
Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Motivational, Positive

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

Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to have lived.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Tragedy, Young

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love, Life, Sad
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.67, Beacon Press

The idea of a superior or inferior race is a myth that has been completely refuted by anthropological evidence.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Race, Ideas
Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Lying, Acceptance
1967 Speech at the Christian leadership conference, Atlanta, 16 Aug.

Even though I have never had an abrupt conversion experience, religion has been real to me and closely knitted to life. In fact the two cannot be separated; religion for me is life.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Real, Two
Martin Luther King (1992). “The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.54, Univ of California Press

But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to me that this is the only way as our eyes look to the future. As we look out across the years and across the generations, let us develop and move right here. We must discover the power of love, the power, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that we will be able to make of this old world a new world. We will be able to make men better. Love is the only way.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Moving, Eye
"Loving Your Enemies". Sermon by Martin Luther King, Jr. at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Love Is, Men
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.24, Beacon Press

The spirit of Lincoln still lives; that spirit born of the teachings of the Nazarene, who promised mercy to the merciful, who lifted the lowly, strengthened the weak, ate with publicans, and made the captives free. In the light of this divine example, the doctrines of demagogues shiver in their chaff.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life, Dream, Teaching

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