NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 302

• ·       “When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.”
  ·       “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
  ·       “Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
  ·       “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”
  ·        “Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.”
  ·       “That old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”
  ·       “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”