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. Â Martin Luther King, Jr.
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?” Â Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. Â Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Â Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt. Â Martin Luther King, Jr.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be… The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.  Martin Luther King, Jr.
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. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.  Martin Luther King, Jr.
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Martin Luther King, Jr.