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Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. - Author object (162)

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die - Author object (162)

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. - Author object (162)

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. - Author object (162)

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others? - Author object (162)

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. - Author object (162)

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend. - Author object (162)

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. - Author object (162)

No person has the right to rain on your dreams. - Author object (162)

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals. - Author object (162)

I Have A Dream - Author object (162)

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way - Author object (162)

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong - Author object (162)

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. - Author object (162)

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, cruelly mocked, but it an never be taken away unless it is surrendered. - Author object (162)

But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise. - Author object (328)

Seek first to understand, then to be understood. - Author object (328)

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. - Author object (328)

Start with the end in mind. - Author object (328)

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. - Author object (328)