“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.”
“Darkness cannot drive
out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can
do that.”
“Faith is taking the
first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
“Our lives begin to
end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
“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.”
“Never forget that
everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
“There comes a time
when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular,
but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
“Forgiveness is not an
occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”
“Injustice anywhere is
a threat to justice everywhere.”
“An individual has not
started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his
individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
“Nothing in the world
is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
1 comment:
These are beautiful words and well to be remembered, but we are in a world upside down where sharp words of righteousness are turned into swords for the wicked to slice into the hearts and souls of good men. They are no more to be thought relevant than the words of good men to a tyrant king.
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