A
lie cannot live. |
A man can't ride
your back unless it's bent. |
A man who won't
die for something is not fit to live. |
A nation that
continues year after year to spend more money on military defense
than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. |
A right delayed
is a right denied. |
A riot is at
bottom the language of the unheard. |
All labor that
uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken
with painstaking excellence. |
At the center
of non-violence stands the principle of love. |
Darkness cannot
drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out
hate; only love can do that. |
Every man must
decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or
in the darkness of destructive selfishness. |
Faith is taking
the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. |
Have we not come
to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies
- or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars
producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged
into the dark abyss of annihilation. |
He who accepts
evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. |
History will
have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social
transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the
appalling silence of the good people. |
In the End, we
will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our
friends. |
Our lives begin
to end the day we become silent about things that matter. |
Every step toward
the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle;
the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. |
I believe that
unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in
reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than
evil triumphant. |
I have decided
to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. |
Injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice everywhere. |
It is not enough
to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice
for it. |
Life's most persistent
and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' |
Love is the only
force capable of transforming an enemy into friend. |
Man must evolve
for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression
and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. |
Never succumb
to the temptation of bitterness. |
Nonviolence is
a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles
the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. |
Nonviolence means
avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence
of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to
hate him. |
Nothing in all
the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious
stupidity. |
Our scientific
power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and
misguided men. |
Peace is not
merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive
at that goal. |
Philanthropy
is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook
the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy
necessary. |
The hope of a
secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who
are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood. |
The time is always
right to do what is right. |
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. |
But... the good
Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this
man, what will happen to him? |