362 quotes
The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false.
Strength to Love (1963)
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.
Strength to Love (1963)
Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.
Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution (1965)
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. They are complementary.
Strength to Love (1963)
In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (1967)
Lying, violence, murder, and torture are considered to be justifiable means to achieve the millennial end.
Strength to Love (1963)
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations.
I Have a Dream (1963)
I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (1967)
There is another side called justice. And justice is really love in calculation. Justice is love correcting that which revolts against love.
The church, itself, will stand under the judgement of God.
Jesus recognized the need for blending opposites.
Strength to Love (1963)
Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.
Loving Your Enemies (1957)
If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that He is both toughminded and tenderhearted.
Strength to Love (1963)
He who lives with untruth lives in spiritual slavery. Freedom is still the bonus we receive for knowing the truth.
Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam (1967)
There is nothing except shortsightedness to prevent us from guaranteeing an annual minimum – and livable – income for every American family.
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? p. 189 (1967)
All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper."
I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Today it is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence; it is either nonviolence or nonexistence.