When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.-------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: When evil...
During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes have visited relentless persecution on them and received their teaching with the most savage hostility, the most furious hatred, the most ruthless campaign of lies and slander. After their death,...
Whenever the government provides opportunities and privileges for white people and rich people they call it "subsidies." When they do it for Negro and poor people they call it "welfare." The fact is that everybody in this country lives on welfare. Suburbia was built...
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this we are less prone to hate our enemies....
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its prophetic zeal, it will become an...
The ultimate tragedy is not the cruelty and oppression by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.
If you're ever going to be free, you'll have to overcome the love of wealth and the fear of death.
Now, let me suggest first that, if we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. . . . We must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone; no nation can live alone, and as long as we try, the more we are...
We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.