Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have decided that I'm not going to live in the past."

"The more we have come to rely on technology, the less we relate to each other."

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns."

"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see an edifice as a problem."

"We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

"The softness of our conscience reflects the strength of our character."

"If you lose hope, you lose the vitality that keeps life moving."

"To be a man is to suffer for others."

"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power."

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

"The greatest tragedy of this period of social transition is not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."

"I am convinced that the universe is under the control of a loving purpose."

"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will."

"Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities."

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance."

"We are all involved in the same struggle against a common enemy."

"The measure of your character is how you treat the least among us."

"Music at its best is like a sermon that pierces the soul."

"To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it."

"When we let freedom ring, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children will be able to join hands."

"Misery loves company, but poverty loves apathy even more."

"The beauty of nonviolence is that in its own way and in its own time it seeks to break the chain which enslaves."

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed."

"What is being asked of us is the courage to change what we can control."

"The time has come to stand up for what is moral."

"Education must not simply teach work—it must teach life."

"We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims."

"Our lives improve only when we take chances."

"I came to believe that there is no pure good and no pure evil."

"The Negro's main weapon of protest must be economic withdrawal."