To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish. Martin Luther King, Jr. More Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr. More Quotes From Martin Luther King, Jr. The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind. Martin Luther King, Jr. leavingeyephilosophy In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying to that man that he has no right to exist. You are in a real way depriving him of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, denying in his case the very creed of his society. Martin Luther King, Jr. realjobsmen The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. Martin Luther King, Jr. interruptionsproblemlife-is If physical death is the price that I must pay to free my white brothers and sisters from a permanent death of the spirit, then nothing can be more redemptive. Martin Luther King, Jr. sisterchangeinspirational It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it. Martin Luther King, Jr. matterdoelong So I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord! Martin Luther King, Jr. eyefearhappiness One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Martin Luther King, Jr. responsibilityreligiousinspirational No one is free until we are all free. Martin Luther King, Jr. In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Martin Luther King, Jr. marijuanaresponsibilitywar The saving of our world from pending doom will come, not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority. Martin Luther King, Jr. majorityour-worldcreative These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest. Martin Luther King, Jr. realjusticemen The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition. Martin Luther King, Jr. superstitionsbeliefmen The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die Martin Luther King, Jr. civil-rightsspeakinspirational If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well. Martin Luther King, Jr. motivationalinspirationallife Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security. Martin Luther King, Jr. creativelove-isworld The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible. Martin Luther King, Jr. our-societymindcountry The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources. Martin Luther King, Jr. prioritiesmatterevil Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. Martin Luther King, Jr. changestrugglework As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases are rampant and millions of people in this world cannot expect to live more than twenty-eight or thirty years, I can never be totally healthy even if I just got a good checkup at Mayo Clinic. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made. No individual or nation can stand out boasting of being independent. We are interdependent. Martin Luther King, Jr. eightindependentinspirational Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Martin Luther King, Jr. blocklaworder
