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I have been post­ing some of my favorite quotes by the late Rev. Dr. Mar­tin Luther King Jr. Today marks the last of the quotes, and I thought it appro­pri­ate to end with an expres­sion of love, devo­tion, and sin­cere appre­ci­a­tion for his wife, Coretta Scott King. I am indebted to my wife Coretta, with­out whose […]

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Non­vi­o­lence is absolute com­mit­ment to the way of love. Love is not emo­tional bash; it is not empty sen­ti­men­tal­ism. It is the active out­pour­ing of one’s whole being into the being of another.

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Photo: Bettmann/CORBIS   The func­tion of edu­ca­tion is to teach one to think inten­sively and to think crit­i­cally… Intel­li­gence plus char­ac­ter – that is the goal of true education    

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An indi­vid­ual who breaks a law that con­science tells him is unjust, and who will­ingly accepts the penalty of impris­on­ment in order to arouse the con­science of the com­mu­nity over its injus­tice, is in real­ity express­ing the high­est respect for the law.

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Noth­ing in the world is more dan­ger­ous than sin­cere igno­rance and con­sci­en­tious stupidity.

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I decided to post a favorite quote by Dr. King every day this week, in honor of his life and work. Tent City, Port-au-Prince, Haiti UN Photo/Marco Dormino Phil­an­thropy is com­mend­able, but it must not cause the phil­an­thropist to over­look the cir­cum­stances of eco­nomic injus­tice which make phil­an­thropy necessary.

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Dr. Mar­tin Luther King, Jr. Jan­u­ary 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 “The qual­ity, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.”