20 Phrases from Martin Luther King to Reflect on Life

All people have different perspectives on the true meaning of life, and if the question is asked, what is life? there can be an infinite number of concepts according to each person’s point of view.

What does life really mean? The answer is simple: “God’s unmerited gift.”

The problem is that man has not yet understood the value of life and the importance of living in harmony with others. (Matthew 22:39) 

Martin Luther King phrases

1. “We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers.”
2. “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
3. “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
4. “I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence.”
5. “We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
6. “As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.”
7. “I have a dream, just one dream, keep dreaming. To dream of freedom, to dream of justice, to dream of equality and I wish I no longer needed to dream them.”
8. “I’m not black, I’m a man.”
9. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
10. “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
11. “Your truth will increase as you learn to listen to the truth of others.”
12. “The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.”
13. “From my Christian formation’ve gotten my ideals and technique Ghandi action.”
14. “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.”
15. “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”
16. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
17. “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”
18. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
19. “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
20. “The time is always right to do what is right.”