Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

— Martin Luther King

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.

— Martin Luther King

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.

— Martin Luther King

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

— Martin Luther King

Riots are the voices of the unheard.

— Martin Luther King

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

— Martin Luther King

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

— Martin Luther King

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

— Martin Luther King

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

— Martin Luther King

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

— Martin Luther King