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The cross is the victory, the resurrection is the triumph...The resurrection is the public display of the victory, the triumph of the crucified one.
- Martin Luther King (Nobel Prize, PhD)
- Profession: Christian Minister
- Type: Speaker, Activist
Martin Luther King (Nobel Prize, PhD)
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an American Baptist minister and activist, devoted his life to the advancement of civil rights for people of color through nonviolence and civil disobedience for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King was raised in a religious family; his father, King Sr., and his maternal grandfather were both Baptist Ministers. Despite enduring personal struggles as a child, including depression and a suicide attempt, King excelled academically. He skipped two grades graduating from high school at age 15, and earned his PhD at age 26. Known for his nonconformity, Dr. King led numerous boycotts and protests, often resulting in his arrest and imprisonment. His life was frequently marked by violence, including when his home was bombed, and ultimately with his assassination in 1968. He fought the evils of societal prejudice thru the strength of his faith: "By opening our lives to God in Christ, we become new creatures. This experience, which Jesus spoke of as the new birth, is essential if we are to be transformed nonconformists... Only through an inner spiritual transformation do we gain the strength to fight vigorously the evils of the world in a humble and loving spirit."
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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
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It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, Wait on time.
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The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
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Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
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