"A nation or civilization that continues to..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr

“The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is: what are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.”

“I could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect.”

“Burdening people with debt is an old deal not a new deal.”

“As thou thyself art a component part of a social system, so let every act of thine be a component part of social life. Whatever act of thine that has no reference, either immediately or remotely, to a social end, this tears asunder thy life, and does not allow it to be one, and it is of the nature of a mutiny, just as when in a popular assembly a man acting by himself stands apart from the general agreement.”

“The street is full of humiliations to the proud.”

“Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combatingnegative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.”

“The Two Most Important Words In The World Are Honesty And Sincerity, If You Can Fake These You've Got It Made.”

“You say a good cause justifies any war; but I say a good war justifies any cause.”