Martin Luther King Jr.

the time is always right to do the right thing

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

There is nothing more majestic than the determined courage of individuals willing to suffer and sacrifice for their freedom and dignity.

I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

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

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.

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.

Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.

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

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?

Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.