In times like these, it is good to take some little wisdom pills to refresh our minds. All of the sentences below are Martin Luther King Jr.'s and I found them at Biography.com, with splendid pictures everyone should take a look at.
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On choosing love
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
On speaking your truth
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."
On holding friends accountable
"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
On his dream of racial equality
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
On helping others
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"
On peace
"True peace is not the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice."
On being brave
" 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."
On hate
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
On the importance of moving forward
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
On doing the right thing
"The time is always right to do what is right."
On not giving in to hate
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by giving in to bitterness and hatred."
On time
"We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do what is right."
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