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Jesus is not an impractical idealist he is the practical realist.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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We have genuflected before the god of science only to find that it has given us the atomic bomb, producing fears and anxieties that science can never mitigate.
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We will not build a peaceful world by following a negative path. It is not enough to say we will not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it. We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but on the positive affirmation of peace
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If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.
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Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.
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A man who hasn't found anything he'd die for doesn't deserve to live.
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He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.
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We must use time creatively.
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The only time people do not like praise is when too much of it is going toward someone else.
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Ten cures for depression are to go out and do something for someone else and repeat it nine times.
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Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you've depended on more than half of the world.
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Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
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We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
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What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow.
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It's not burn baby burn, but learn, baby, learn, so that you can earn, baby, earn.
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That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
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