"It is not enough to say we..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
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“We are faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words ‘Too Late’.”
“We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.”
“Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God and without this hard work time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation.”
More on Peace
“Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”
“As you travel through the Middle East what keeps on striking home to me is how similar everyone is, and yet the degree to which we can find differences to fight wars over. It requires a great deal of empathy, I think, between various sides to overcome this history and live in peace.”
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.”
More on Love
“I've come to a wonderful realization that is fascinating: I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to love. No one does!”
“I end not far from my going forth By picking the faded blue Of the last remaining aster flower To carry again to you.”
“As love is full of unbefitting strains,All wanton as a child, skipping and vain,Form'd by the eye and therefore, like the eye,Full of strange shapes, of habits and of forms,Varying in subjects as the eye doth rollTo every varied object in his glance”