hope Quotes

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.