“We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”
“Man's inhumanity to man is not only perpetrated by the vitriolic actions of those who are bad. It is also perpetrated by the vitiating inaction of those who are good.”
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
“Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity.”
