The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Category Archive: Martin Luther King
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.
I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level. That’s the way the system works. And since we know that the system will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system.
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.