Martin Luther King Jr.

There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Three hundred years of humiliation, abuse and deprivation cannot be expected to find voice in a whisper.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.

Martin Luther King Jr.

To accept injustice or segregation passively is to say to the oppressor that his actions are morally right.

Martin Luther King Jr.

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Martin Luther King Jr.

To have serpentlike qualities devoid of dovelike qualities is to be passionless, mean, and selfish.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.

Martin Luther King Jr.